Oh, thanks for your lovely comment. i’m so happy that idea helps you ❤️💕 When i’m not wearing kimono, I use this in pouring rain, too!

Fanatka288 not all of them, but these are.

alsrudtj124 hi! I’ve a friend who owns antique Geta that were apparently made for snow and they had spikes in the sole, but I do not believe this is what Hokkaido ppl did wear. However, Hokkaido is way to far from where I live and has a whole other history and tradition, so I would have to do some serious research when talking about Hokkaido. In the rest of Japan, though, in history they wore normal nimaiha Geta with bear feet every day way up into the 20th century. Today we wear amazōri or bōkanzōri when it’s snowing.

@@BillyMatsunaga Thank you so much! I want to wear kimono more regularly but in Canada with the snow, it's quite difficult..

@@BillyMatsunaga A video about snow attire would be great!

Absolutely agree. How long are the bolts for raincoats? same as kimono?

@@Contessamy, I'm not sure, I have not unrolled them yet. Might be a little shorter.

Nariasan hi ❤️ I’ve definitely planned videos containing men’s kimono, but first I want to finish my husband’s outfit that I’m sewing currently (and not getting forward because my sewing classes had been cancelled for a month)... it’s coming! Stay safe, too! ❤️ I’m already self-isolating for 3 weeks now. Besides that it’s getting boring, I should be fine 😊❤️

I’ll have to look for this too! I need help putting on my sons kimono!

Same with your normal rain coats! Take it off when you have to 😊

Thank you so much ❤️ and about the obidome: yes, it is! 😊

Exquisite! 💗 If it is not so rude of me, can I ask (maybe privately ?) a close look at it? My email is rinaaster@gmail.com And if you like soutache, I might have a little surprise for you.. 😎

Deboladonna hi! Of course there is no length set. It can cover the hem completely or leave the hem showing for a few cm. That’s up to you 😉

@@BillyMatsunagaNice! Thanks for the help 💗

abdoulay siby of course and they look very similar - of course 😊 and share the same names

@@BillyMatsunaga Okay!! thank you so much!! continue like that!!👏👍😊

I don't know if this is the only reason, but what water CAN do to silk is change the finish. The problem for silk is in part that if ONE part gets wet (splashes for instance) just those parts will have a different finish and it will stand out. However, some silk weaves are better with water. A satin (the really shiny smooth finish) won't hold up as well as a taffeta (it's woven more like a normal weave like cheap non-knit cotton is) can, etc. I have silk satin pillowcases I wash. They don't look like they did when I got them because I wash them. But also the water spots from normal use don't come out when you wash them, it's permanent. So the answer isn't always "you got part wet so get the rest wet too" (I HAVE done that to at least one silk dress, though. Someone knocked a huge glass of water on me in it so I went in the bathroom and soaked the whole dress immediately so it would at least all look the same when it dries. It's a difficult choice.) So it could just be that raincoats are made from silk that looks ok when you get it wet, because the intended use case is it gets wet. I don't know if THIS is part of it too, but there are materials you can put on fabrics to protect them from stains or water. I absolutely don't know if they use one of those treatments for these so don't quote, but they COULD. I know more about western fashions than about kimono, but I hope some info on silk was still helpful :)

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