How to Wear Too Small Kimono

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Learn 3 tips and tricks of how to deal with a too short kimono. All of these tricks are perfectly fine to do for any occasion you want to wear a kimono.
The queen of wearing kimono without o-hashori Choco-san
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00:00 What kimono size is still wearable?
01:53 First trick: without o-hashori
07:55 My reasons of why I don't do it
09:43 Second trick: special koshihimo
15:28 Third Trick: pleated susoyoke
25:06 When can you use these tricks?
My video about most common kimono mistakes:
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How to integrate kimono in your Western wardrobe:
• How to Wear Kimono in ...
How to put on a hakama:
• How to Wear a Hakama
Thank you so much for watching!!
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You wanna know more about kimono? Find more on my homepage.
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Music:
"Mizuki" by Bad Snacks
"Half Day" by Bad Snacks
"New Moon" by Bad Snacks
"Dreams" from bensound.com
"Grut" by Patrick Patrikios
"Kimono Life" by Sondey
Intro Soundeffect:
Kabuki Shout ち音楽堂 (www.c-ongaku.com/ongaku2.html)

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@kittycatastrophe2401 Жыл бұрын

Checking in at 180 cm, and I’m dying to see more tall girls in kimono! Also looking forward to actually putting these tips in to practice, especially the pleated susoyoke idea.

@Ed-wi7pd Жыл бұрын

You can always make a kimono to your liking( yes it’s a difficult option but it’s worth it) with practice and effort you can make your own beautiful kimono i myself made my first kimono and it ended kinda well not the best but for my first self made kimono it was good , or if you have the money you can always hire a professional to make it for you ( but it’s really a expensive option 🥲 )

@veilara966 7 ай бұрын

I'm 182cm and I love to wear them. Started as cosplay and I was curious and fell in love.

@TheMslove333 4 ай бұрын

@veilara966 where do you find your height?

@amarahpickle9964 Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy you made this video! I just bought two vintage kimono I loved but they're about 18cm too short so I didn't know what I was going to do! Thank you for some ideas! I can't wait to try these 😊❤

@Sarcasmhime Жыл бұрын

I made a susoyoke with pleats like this after seeing the Homsue versions online! I made several pleated hems, and the susoyoke has buttons along the bottom edge so I can switch out the hems for different colours. I definitely need to make that elastic belt! I'm only 155cm but I still have several kimono that are too short 😭

@nicolethompson3782 Жыл бұрын

The kimonos look so pretty. My problem is my curves. I have an overweight hourglass figure but I’m short. So my problem is usually getting the bottom to stay closed without the top being too bulky.

@dynademerritt5337 Жыл бұрын

Yeah she has some videos about padding, or hoseigi. I'm not sure that would help you at all but it's meant to change the silhouette of your body so maybe that could get you started? She also has a video on plus size--I've not watched it myself (I'm a twig with a curved spine so my booty sticks out more than it really should 😫).

@cap4life1 Жыл бұрын

You can add a panel to the lower front right side so that your hips are covered when you sit down.

@lisez4600 Жыл бұрын

thank you, now I can finally put on my short kimonos and go outside!

@AndyP.-zu3kj Ай бұрын

I just love this polkadot nagajuban so much :D

@lottaraatikainen3942 Жыл бұрын

I wish I had seen this about a year ago. There was a very beautiful tsumugi kimono on sale then, but it was almost 20 cm shorter than I so I didn't buy it. Now I hope I would have bought it any way ;) Thank you for making this video. Now I know that in a tight spot it is possible to make even a too short kimono to look good :)

@BillyMatsunaga Жыл бұрын

Aaah! I hope you can find a similar one ❤️

@arigatoxiexie9169 11 ай бұрын

Huhuhu glad I saw this 😭😭😭 I just bought a VERY beautiful furisode, but its 30cm shorter than the size I usually get PS: I bought the silk furisode for only 10$ 😍😍😍 THAT IS WHY I WONT GIVE UP

@Ellarel4 3 ай бұрын

Husband bought me two beautiful kimonos 10 years ago. Been stored since, they never were 100 percent my size being 175cm and big hipped. I am so grateful for your channel and this new information hacks on wearing a kimono just short and not wide enough. I cannot wait to try these on now! Thank you So much for your channel!

@ELIE-3173 4 ай бұрын

♥︎ everyone has their triggers. All we can do is navigate life as peacefully as possible. I am the one thing in life I can control. Love this video so far ♥︎

@dynademerritt5337 Жыл бұрын

I love a lot of things about this video. I really appreciate you being a supporter of the LGBTQA+ community, thank you again for making us feel safe and accepted 💖I really like the tips you had here, I've seen some techniques like the pleated skirt before but I like the others as well for the days I don't want that kind of look. Do you have a video or link for the elastic band you showed us in version two? I have a Ro-weave blue komon that I would love to wear in the traditional style with a new orange summer obi I just got, but it is just a bit too short and that would be a great way to remedy it.

@martyna7122 Жыл бұрын

This video is exactly what I needed! Thank you a lot! ♥

@SewingBoxDesigns Жыл бұрын

That fork pleating trick! I've never seen that before! That's brilliant!

@TwistedPisces 7 ай бұрын

OMG with the obi matching the pleated hem is so cute!

@Nessi-dances Жыл бұрын

Very helpful, thank you! I love the petticoat hem showing, what a great idea!💜

@professorstitchwitch7176 Жыл бұрын

Your videos are so soothing and I always learn so much! Also the ombré hair is so cute!!

@valeriegirard4798 Жыл бұрын

I love the third trick ❤ it looks so gorgeous ! Thank you Billy

@michellecornum5856 Жыл бұрын

I love the susoyoke! That looks so pretty! All of this is good to know. Thank you.

@fujimama892 7 ай бұрын

I've just found your videos. I love the suggestions here. I've been studying Chanoyu in Seattle for over 30 years and used to wear kimono often. I've even hand-sewn my own lined silk kimono. I also have all the tools and quite a lot of material for kumihimo. I'm not very tall, but the years have altered my body so that I'm quite thick. I took note of how you positioned the front panels of the kimono that I'm hoping will make it possible to wear kimono comfortably again. I'm not sure I'll be able to wear kimono getting up and down in the tea room, however. My age is making it quite difficult to get up and down.

@cap4life1 Жыл бұрын

The susoyoke operated them is adorable!!

@cd2street Жыл бұрын

Wow!! I think the texture on your Homsue hem makes it so much nicer than any other one I have ever seen!

@MGesierich Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video. I didn't know about "without o-hashori" or the third option. So thank you for the new perspective.

@larabella20 Жыл бұрын

Listening to you walk us through the steps made me think of learning how to dance. It the tempo of your voice that makes it stuck in my head while you explained it! It makes all the movements make so much sense!!

@Icha74 6 ай бұрын

Oh, that laced susoyoke is an amazing idea! I LOVE it! I might take that onboard as well for my vintage yukata... so cute! Thank you so much for the video!

@teresadoria3799 9 ай бұрын

Billy, count me in your fan club...thank YOU so much for sharing do's & don't of kimono wearing and look forward to many more videos from you.

@amaz6884 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this video, I am happy to learn that it is ok to wear a kimono tsuitake :D lots of antique kimono are too short for me for an ohashori. And thank you very much for the sewing tutorial for a homsuehem :3 can't wait to sew one (or more ha ha)

@jackiegoss5485 Жыл бұрын

Thank you always wonderful to watch

@BillyMatsunaga Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 💕

@calidowns5284 Жыл бұрын

Another wonderful video! I'm learning so much. Do you have a tutorial on how to make your elastic belt from option 2? Thank you for your videos!

@sds4846 Жыл бұрын

I was looking for something like this as I've come to own a couple of short kimono as of lately. I knew about wearing without o-hashori, but I'm so intrigued by the second trick that I really want to try. Thank you for sharing the wisdom!

@BillyMatsunaga Жыл бұрын

Hope you’ll like it! ❤️

@sds4846 Жыл бұрын

@@BillyMatsunaga I'm sure I will 🥰

@moon-ud8tq 10 ай бұрын

I was surprised to see your Jaguar sewing machine. I have a small but heavy, sturdy one, bought in Japan many decades ago and it is orange colored. The pleated underskirt turned out great. I guess black would be the best color for it.

@TatianaWesla Жыл бұрын

I've been watching your cideos for a while and always love to see/learn something new about Kimono~!!! I had a question on my mind for a while: has the way people put on kimono changed over the years? thank youuuuu!

@sweetasbloodredjam Жыл бұрын

I don’t know if it would be completely inappropriate to leave the house that way (I have a feeling it probably would be…), but I always think that kimono look so comfy and gorgeous, with just the waist tie tied. It looks really airy and as if it would be great to stay cool in summer. Probably doesn’t help that this is the standard ‘disheveled bad boy’-look in historical dramas.

@ladyvesperbell8969 Жыл бұрын

This is genius I have a Kimono that fits relatively well but I was running into the too short issue with my yukata

@unnecessarydelivery5549 Жыл бұрын

Actually so helpful 😌😌

@ahrihoaholy1070 Жыл бұрын

Mình thích tất cả các video của bạn 💖💖💖

@Siriastimeflies Жыл бұрын

Maybe I'd never noticed it before, but I feel like homesue hems were everywhere on instagram in the last 2 weeks! I personally am not too fond of the look, but you really made it work with the fluffy-looking obi =O

@lando6136 Жыл бұрын

I’m new here, it’s so nice that you show everything in details. This will be helpful when I took Japanese culture classes next semester when I have to wear kimono. But I’m short so most of the kimono is too long for me. Do you have any advice on it? Thank you.

@cindylibbrecht662 Жыл бұрын

I love you video thank you very much they are very helpful. I was wandering could you do a video about men kimono, how to wear them etc. Please it would be awesome.

@happinessescape Жыл бұрын

This is so neat! I've been putting off watching this one because I am... 155cm and this will never be an issue for me, but it is fun to learn more about this. I think it's so funny (in sort of a sad way) that people just perceive you as taller just because of your appearance 😭 what a funky little world we live in. Have you seen the trailer for the upcoming Netflix show about Edo except it's a woman-run society (/female!Tokugawa specifically is the main character)? It's got a pretty lovely design scheme and a variety of kimono for, you know, social standing/context/such, and I'd love to hear your thoughts on some of the coords.

@cmcmillan7987 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, this is really helpful. Caroline UK

@tylinious 7 ай бұрын

That obi is crazy! Im 172cm... i have a problem where my arms are too big to fit into the miyatsukuji (i probably spelled it wrong), so it makes it really hard to get all the winkles out

@lilya789000 8 ай бұрын

Hi ! I love your videos! There are so helpful! Arigatougozaimasu! I was wondering if we can use short kimono, to shorten more and do a long haori, hanten I think it's the word. 😅 ? It's difficult to find those long haori so.... It could be a solution when we can sew to shorten the kimono. 😆 Thank you for your help ^^

@ELIE-3173 4 ай бұрын

17:41 where did you buy that obi?? I love it! Must have one just like it!

@sierraandcali9589 Жыл бұрын

I am tall, even in America... I don't like the tall comments. Even in America. Yeah, I can't find pants that don't look like Capri... Kimono with ohashiri is impossible 😢 lol

@mayalynn Жыл бұрын

Coming from a family with four members over 6' 6", I feel your pain. At least there are always kimono styles with hakama to hide our hems.

@Ed-wi7pd Жыл бұрын

Maybe it will be hard to find a kimono that fits you but believe me , there’s always a way ❤

@mayalynn Жыл бұрын

@@Ed-wi7pd True! And there's always sewing!

@dortheklaus8758 7 ай бұрын

Im late for the party, but i would love to see a tall woman wearing a kimono. I love kimonos, yukatas, they just don't love my silhouette😊

@IAmNotYourProblem Жыл бұрын

I’m a 168cm woman, and have been told that many kimono shops would have to have me wear without ohashari

@agustincabanias2542 Жыл бұрын

SENSEEi, could you please explain how to dress up a kimono/yukata for a man, I always wear it the same way as ladies do. I don´t think that is wrong, but I will gladly see your explanation. Thanks for all I always learn a lot from your videos, regards from Argentina

@user-fu7ij3gl6m 5 ай бұрын

Do you know where you bought either the kimono or the fabric for that kimono at 7:30? It is so Pretty!!

@BrightDecision Жыл бұрын

Hi Matsunaga-san, I was just curious-- what kinds of dances are/were done in kimono? Did people participate in dances/dance parties in kimono?

@cassiedierkes7588 Жыл бұрын

How did you make the special koshihimo- dumb question, i apologize. I would like to make one for myself as i am on the taller side. Thank you for all your education!❤🙏

@dariaorme1282 Жыл бұрын

I noticed you're wearing your hair down in this video. It looks lovely! I have a question: I thought you had to have your hair up for kimono so everyone can see the emon. I can't put my hair in updos because my hair is too heavy and it gives me a massive headache and I will be miserable. Lately I've been doing pigtails instead, but my head is so sensitive that even that hurts. Can I wear my hair down with kimono?

@liveandletlive2014 8 ай бұрын

Not me being 178cm and struggling to find anything long enough 😂😂😂😂

@robynnordstrom7799 Жыл бұрын

The comment about assuming foreigners are tall made me laugh. I’m 150cm, and would love to be considered tall by someone!!

@victorrussell9068 12 күн бұрын

What do you do when I'm you are addicted to Japanese textiles?

@KittyHurryUp Жыл бұрын

That’s pretty good! People won’t realize it’s too short at all! One question: if I’m going to wear 浴衣, can it be shorter? Maybe between Knies and feet? Oh about all those critics 😅😅Sowas will ich gar nicht zu laut sagen aber glaube mir ich kenne es genau so gut als eine Chinesin, die in DE über 16 Jahre lebt. Obwohl ich mittlerweile schon deutschen Pass habe, kriege ich immer noch doofe fragen 😂

@user-hd3pk4jo1e Жыл бұрын

浴衣can be worn shorter especially since it is very casual summer clothes. Without too much not looking strange I suggest maybe two or three centimeters above the ankles.

@KittyHurryUp Жыл бұрын

@@user-hd3pk4jo1e thank you!

@applepie612 Жыл бұрын

Hey, really helpful video :)) I am going to japan next spring and I wanted to ask if it is possible to find regular fitting Kimono for really tall women. I am 176/177cm which is even tall in european countries, so I am afraid nothing will fit me :(( My problem is just about the length because I am really skinny. It would be nice if someone can answer my question :)

@kittycatastrophe2401 Жыл бұрын

180 cm here. It’s rare, but I’ve found a few kimono that have a 175cm mitake and they fit me well with a good solid ohashori. They’re much harder to find, but they do exist, so just keep an eye out!

@applepie612 Жыл бұрын

@@kittycatastrophe2401 Thank you, that gave me hope :))

@cap4life1 Жыл бұрын

Men’s kimono or kimono for maiko but for regular women’s, it will be very hard to near impossible to find.