Last month of year 2019★
A month in a holiday mood seems like to pass very quickly this year.
I have three big Christmas events planned and am so excited to experience a full month with extraordinary days.
One of them was a luxurious Christmas party held at Yokohama Royal Park hotel.
My partner and friends got dressed up and spent an awesome time together last weekend.
Right in front of the beautiful art piece at the lobby of the hotel.
My friend is peeking in the mirror. haha.
For this Christmas occasion, I finally wore this beautiful red kimono for the first time.
Black and red with roses.
I found this kimono at the second-hand store but it had tacking threads on the hems and looked like nobody wore it.
It is very hard to find a homongi with a modern design like this.
I think this kimono was made for a fashion show because the size was very big for a woman who's like 170cm tall. I had this kimono for a couple of years in my closet without wearing it for once because the size being too big for myself.
When I decided to attend to the Christmas party, I finally sent this kimono to the kimono tailor to resize it to my exact size and it came back to me in a perfect condition last month.
Paired with scales in black and silver.
Red of the kimono is very strong so I chose almost everything else in black except for the obiage in green.
And yes, this year, I got a brand new kimono coat!
It can be worn as a normal coat for western style looks.
photo credit : Rumi Rock
Every time I go back to Nagano for the New Years, it is too cold to be outside just in kimono. In Tokyo, winter is warm enough to go out without anything over a kimono. But I really wanted a coat to beat the cold weather in my home town.
Last month, I went for a kimono shopping with my friend and I was talking to the designer about his coat I was debating whether or not to get. He happened to have only one left in stock and offered me with a very generous discount!!!
I'm so lucky and happy to finally have one in my wardrobe.
My friend joined me at the party in kimono as well.
I met her a couple years ago at a kimono event and that was the last time we were both in kimono together.
After a couple of years, we have so much time together sharing a lot of things other than kimono. I'm so thankful for having so many encounters through kimono.
And the dinner was gorgeous!
Couldn't be more grateful for my life with parties★
↓More looks with the same obi.
(Sep. 2018)
(Mar. 2017)
Thank you for reading!
xoxo
Lynn♪
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