Wearing a Kimono

[jewald]

Hi everyone, I'm new here and I was just wondering..

is it ok if I wear a kimono with some modern formal wear?
Something like wearing the kimono as some sort of coat..

If anyone here has pictures of what I'm saying that would be good. :-)

[jewald]

no one? :(

[nice gaijin]

I'm not sure what you mean, since kimono is an outfit and not just an outer robe. Are you referring to something like a happi or haori coat? Otherwise, items like yukata or jinbe are outfits, and not exactly meant to be layered. I haven't seen anyone wear a traditional piece of clothing as an overcoat or accent to a modern outfit, but i'm not exactly on top of the latest trends. I have seen (very expensive) traditional-cut yukata with very modern patterns in a store window; it seems that it is more typical to have either a modern outfit with traditional lines or elements, or vice-versa.

[nurizeko]

I've sometimes considored wearing my blue Chinese kung-fu jacket over a T-shirt with jeans and stuff, but I'm not "hip" enough to start a new trend. :blush:

[jewald]

Ok here's the scenario.. my company dinner is coming up and I thought of getting an overcoat, but they are expensive and not in season now.. not yet though, until winter.

But I found this plain kimono, but just the outer layer.. I don't know what you call it, the "robe?"

anyway, I thought of using that as my overcoat ^_^

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

"角袖(KAKUSODE)"
A coat to wear on a kimono.
http://image.www.rakuten.co.jp/ooedokimono/img10611938023.jpeg


"道行（MICHIYUKI）"
The coat which there is from the Edo era.
http://www.kiyokana.com/haori/details/DSC06458.jpg


"鳶(TONBI)"
It is a thing like Inverness cloak.
It was prevalent from the Meiji era to early period of Showa
http://www.motoji.co.jp/news/nyuka_pict/200410_coat1.jpg

http://www.kimono-taizen.com/know/coat.htm

[jewald]

I think TONBI is the one I'm talking about..

[Glenzki]

That brown one is called a kimoino.

[jewald]

Ok I did,

I think I pulled it off pretty ok, matching the Kimoino or Tonbi with a white long sleeve shirt with frills and a dark brown tie.. aha

anyway, someone commented that I looked like I had just graduated... =.="

[Timey]

don't really know what you're looking for, but i found these images.
quite old, but it's a 'different' way to wear a kimono.

http://www.fabrics.net/colpics/305/CostumesStyles6.jpg

[Timey]

another one

http://www.fabrics.net/colpics/305/sears193018.jpg

[yamada]

I never ever bought anything like kimono, haori, happi. No one other than kimono mania wears them.

[Ewok85]

I'd say it would look pretty silly ;)

Yamada - you got a yukata? If your Japanese and female I bet you do!