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wakeiseiyoSo, I'm going to go see Liza Dalby on Tuesday! ^__________^ Awesomeness. (I need to reread Kimono tomorrow night so I don't look like a complete dunce, since it's been about 7 years since I bought the paperbacks in the British Museum bookstore...)
I was going to wear a relatively formal komon ensemble with my latest obi acquisition, but I couldn't quite make it all 'match' right, and gave up. I'm going to wear a poly unlined (that's heavy enough to be double-lined! oops.) in a casual wavy stripe, and my purple-grey Chucks, and a newsie cap (borrowing a page from the IG Forums' Lyuba-chan) and a casual hanhaba obi that has butterflies and whatnot on it. (My collar, sadly, will be boring and white, as I don't have the fun fabrics available to coordinate something in bubblegum pink and/or polka dots.) Since, yanno, it's a 2+ hour drive up to Santa Barbara and I'm going to make a day of it with tsuji-kun anyway, why worry about silk and a taiko knot (and the fact I can only stand wearing zori - even my broken-in comfy ones - for about two hours? I may as well be comfortable. :D
(I *am* tempted to get the Airwalk 'Tattoo' slip-ons that the Payless.com site is showing, if the local store has them, only because I like the look and I'd probably wear them all the time anyway, rather than just for my 'funky' kimono ensemble plans... But they're money I shouldn't be spending, so... erk. Dilemma. Look awesome without spending anything, look awesome-r and spend $25. *flail* )
Anyone ever wash tennis shoes in the machine? Do they come out all right? Mine are a bit dingy, but I'm worried that because of their age they'll fall apart in the wash, too. Hm. (And I am NOT going to try and battle the Block's crowds, assuming the Converse store is even still there.)
I was going to wear a relatively formal komon ensemble with my latest obi acquisition, but I couldn't quite make it all 'match' right, and gave up. I'm going to wear a poly unlined (that's heavy enough to be double-lined! oops.) in a casual wavy stripe, and my purple-grey Chucks, and a newsie cap (borrowing a page from the IG Forums' Lyuba-chan) and a casual hanhaba obi that has butterflies and whatnot on it. (My collar, sadly, will be boring and white, as I don't have the fun fabrics available to coordinate something in bubblegum pink and/or polka dots.) Since, yanno, it's a 2+ hour drive up to Santa Barbara and I'm going to make a day of it with tsuji-kun anyway, why worry about silk and a taiko knot (and the fact I can only stand wearing zori - even my broken-in comfy ones - for about two hours? I may as well be comfortable. :D
(I *am* tempted to get the Airwalk 'Tattoo' slip-ons that the Payless.com site is showing, if the local store has them, only because I like the look and I'd probably wear them all the time anyway, rather than just for my 'funky' kimono ensemble plans... But they're money I shouldn't be spending, so... erk. Dilemma. Look awesome without spending anything, look awesome-r and spend $25. *flail* )
Anyone ever wash tennis shoes in the machine? Do they come out all right? Mine are a bit dingy, but I'm worried that because of their age they'll fall apart in the wash, too. Hm. (And I am NOT going to try and battle the Block's crowds, assuming the Converse store is even still there.)
