Wool hitoe + karasu omote
Japan has already started reaching around 25°C on some days, so I’ve slowly starting to transition to lighter fabrics, but still warm enough that I don’t get cold when the sun goes down.
The kimono is a wool hitoe I found at a thrift shop a while ago. The yuki is a bit short on me, so I usually widen/open the collar more to try to stretch it as much as possible. But still, my wrists feel a little naked sometimes.
The obi came from an antique market and is extremely short — only around 310cm. Because of that I can really only do rōnin musubi (the one in the photo) or karuta musubi with it. There’s some small damage here and there, but it was only 500円 and I really liked the dark colours and the rough texture (I was told this was wool too)
I used a belt instead of an obijime because I wanted to keep the styling more casual and everyday feeling. I could have done without the obiage, now that I look at the pictures.
The geta are karasu-omote. I really love the darker, ashy bamboo colour of them. I know they’re more commonly paired with yukata, but personally I think karasu-omote looks really chic with tabi and kimono too.