The top kimono is made from silver satin upholstery fabric, cut and constructed like a traditional kimono except for the body being a single piece of material. The painting was done by hand with black jaquard paint, watered down and applied with a sumi brush. The painting was done entirely freehand, following a dark-to-light, asymmetrical
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This is a wa-loli creation I am calling a ya-ta. The top is based on a traditional kimono, but with the top of the sleeve left open instead of the armpit. Also, instead of leaving the back side of the sleeve open, I left the front side of the sleeve open. All fabric edges are
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This is a nearly-complete wa-loli outfit for a friend for the Nova Albion convention. It’s not quite done, but close enough to show. The jacket is a kimono-bastard-creation I’m calling a “ya-ta”. The skirt is made from six bias-cut gores, with a bias cut hem in the same material as the jacket. The waist band
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