Looking for a Kimono Experience or Kimono Wardrobe Stylist?
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Our great team of kimono enthusiasts are ready to discuss any kind of project you have be it modern or traditional!
Contact us through email style [@] eclectickimono.co.uk and lets us see what we can do!
We can cater for projects from film to personal to corporate events!
Hong shows you how to tie your obi-age!
0Another video tutorial!
Hong was our Maiko at Kitacon and in these videos she explains tying your obiage in a bow and with a box knot:
The box tie is the easy method and totally FOOLPROOF!
Confusion 2012 – Keele University 16th June – Kimono Panel from 4pm
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We shall be at Confusion in Keele conducting a kimono panel from 4pm in the lounge! Make sure you come along to learn about the wonderful world of kimono!
We shall be doing a short demo and also letting you try on and dress yourself.
See you there!
Come and try on Kimono at JCon Derby 15th September!
0Full details to be confirmed however this is what I wrote for the JCon website:
Come and visit Eclectic Kimono and try on one of their wonderful
collection of genuine vintage and modern kimono. You can have the chance
to try on a full coming of age kimono with long swinging sleeves, as well
as summer festival kimono and a real Kyoto geisha (geiko) kimono with
kanzashi. For the guys we have vintage kimono and hakama.
As it is September I will be bringing my September geiko kimono for attendees to try on:
This is a fantastic chance to try on a real geisha kimono IN season!
We will be dressing for fun and photos but also if you need kimono advice we are glad to help.
Full details to come soon but for now check out:
Kimono Stall at Kitacon
0Over 5 years of collecting kimono sometimes you need to shed parts of your collection so at Kitacon this year we provided kimono and styling.
This was a great and unique opportunity to get the right kimono for you with full dressing accessories and instruction. As we don’t buy to sell kimono this is a rare event so once this stuff if gone it’s gone! We cherry pick items for our collection so shoppers were very lucky!
Maiko, Geisha, Samurai Cosplay Demo at Kitacon
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At Kitacon we were showing how to cosplay with real, affordable vintage kimono to get the best effect! The attendees love the demo and also the stall we ran over the weekend to sell off parts of our collections!
Contact us if you want us to do something similar at your event!
Eclectic Kimono at Kitacon
0Thank to all those who came to our stall and demo at Kitacon!
We will have photos of the event up soon!
We hope you enjoy your purchases from our personal collections and drop us an email if you have issues wearing your items!
Eclectic Kimono at Japanorama
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Eclectic kimono were at Nottingham Pagan Prides Japanorama Saturday providing hostess services, kimono rental, kimono dressing and also a demo.
Here are some pictures from the event:
Make up and hair were provided by Esme Knight and further kimono by Kelly from her own collection.
Everyone enjoyed the day, the information provided and demo.
Our next demo and talk will be at Kitacon about Geisha and Samurai cosplay 
Eclectic Kimono at Kitacon 2012
0We shall be there, selling off part of our collections as well as kanzashi and synthetic hair pieces.
Currently we have not had any panels or talks confirmed, however if you want kimono cosplay or dressing advice please come to our stall in the dealers room.
This is the second time we have been traders at Kitacon.
These are example pieces for sale on the stall:
£60 for a synthetic gothic purple ko-furisode.
Synthetic Purple Yabane Odori Kimono (For dance and great meji girl cosplay) for £40
Synthetic Red Yabane Odori Kimono (For dance and great meji girl cosplay) for £40
Also for sale will be 4 pre-tied obi (Purple, Red/Yellow, Red and Pink with fish) for only £10 each.
Lots more kimono items will be available as well as a Kanzashi Bargain Bin!
Geisha Kimono Dressing Demo at Alcon
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by Liz
in Demonstrations
Well Maiko strictly speaking (apprentice Geisha)
One of the workshops we do is to show people how to turn a normal vintage kimono into Geisha cosplay, as well as the limitations. Only a real susohiki/hikizuri kimono with accessories can give you the full effect needed. Geisha/Maiko kimono when obtained in the vintage state are still expensive and can be fragile. This is a robust vintage synthetic kimono, which can be used in cosplay effectively without breaking the bank.
This maiko dressing demonstration was done with a wedding kimono which are widely available and a wedding obi.
Image taken by: http://kuroshiro13.deviantart.com/gallery/ who attended the event.
