Sometimes a fabric is purchased with a specific garment in mind, and it is made up as planned quite quickly. But for me that is regrettably rare… This fabric you are about to hear about spent close…

Embroidery kimono collar detail

“Just a heads up for artists drawing kimono… it does matter how you draw the kimono collar. If you draw it the wrong way, it indicates that the wearer is dead… I thought I would mention this since I’ve seen a lot of Shino art with it crossed wrong 😓”

Good Morning Everyone!! I'm back from a wonderful weekend in Nashville, Tennessee. You may remember that Helen Haughey asked me to help teach a weekend workshop on making the perfect sheath dress. Along with the class, we were treated to a private tour of the new exhibit at the Frist Museum, "Italian Style Since 1945." I'll share a little more about the exhibit in an upcoming post as it was such a treat and of course, I came home with the book!! Last week I came across a number of collar…

Embroidered han-eli. han-eli: decorative collar on under-kimono

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to have dinner with a geiko or maiko?

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