That is AMAZING!! I'm glad I'm not the only cosplayer who loves making practical costumes, either (one of my hopes is to someday make a cosplay of Link from Twilight Princess completely of natural materials, mail armour and all). I love the way this whole kimono just shines; just imagine seeing a whole troop of warriors dressed like that! It'd be such an impressive sight :)

That was also my first impression when I got my first package of silk in the mail.l I ripped it open and immediately checked to make sure all 7 yards were there and they were it's so amazing how compact silk is! Also, this is gorgeous as a huge ATLA fan (I have the entire series on DVD) it has been so fun seeing your re-creation.

Te aaaamooo!!!

the silhouette is so beautiful! loved it!

What a gorgeous colour!!! I love the way it came out, and i'm really excited to jumo in this journey to see the rest of this cosplay.

Just wanna let you know you are very beautiful. Thanks for the videos

the COLORS!! I will never in my life fail to be impressed by how bright the colors of the silk are, amazing! Your sewing is cool too I guess :P

I like to make a lot of projects and I REALLY enjoyed how you structured your video. It was super well explained and I feel like I could make something like this now. Thank you and keep up the good work!

i hope more people do the traditional way of making clothes for the costumes

This is amazing! Your channel is so underrated! I love all the thought and research that you put into it! When are you doing a video on the armor? :)

ur saving my life

Love it! Your craft is becoming exceptional! Keep up the great work

From what I've seen as far as traditional garments go Chinese hanfu is much closer to the drape of the kyoshi warrior kimono than actual japanese kimono. Since hanfu are more flaring where as kimono and haori are more rectangular. So i wonder if the kyoshi warriors design in the show was purely a coincidence or if there was some inspiration from both Japanese and chinese garments? And I've loved watching your videos. As someone who loves to take inspiration from traditional stuff when it comes to cosplay and costuming i love seeing others do the same! And your hakama video actually helped me to realise that hakama aren't nearly as scary a garment to tackle than i thought. I'm working on a featherine/eua cosplay from higurashi gou and she has a hakama skirt. I was contemplating just buying a hakama skirt but they're sorta expensive. And ive always kinda preferred making most my cosplay stuff so your video definitely helps in understanding how to go about making it more. After researching online and then finding your video on it, it seems not that hard. As its mainly large rectangular pieces of fabric that are then pleated. Which rectangular shapes and fabrics are common throughout most Japanese traditional garments likely due to it being easier to sew and pattern and easier to make to one's specific sizes. Anyways i really enjoy your videos and can't wait to see more from you!

Nice cosplay

Im making my cosplay just like this, and related so hard when you were placing the neck fabric for the kimono (trying to figure out the right angle)

This is so cool! I wish I could do the same but I've never done something like this before 😂 I will try in future tho :)

Although a kimono is based on geometric shapes, the upper is tapered. A hoary is just geometric shapes. It is not a cut down kimono. There isa good book on making Japanese clothes in the traditional way. A kimono should have a seam at the back. It has spiritual significance. A woman's kimono has open sleeves at the back of the sleeve, a man's doesn't. A warrior would not wear a kimono under armor, they wore a Cuban, which is a closer fitting shirt. Over this they work a chest priotector and armored sleeves plus a skirt type of garment, that protected the front of the body. The Do would go over this.

Where did the silk come from? How long did this project take? How much sewing experience do you have? Trying to figure out if I have the time, patience, and skill for this 😅