Clothing Dolls in Traditional Japanese attire

ChinSeung in the samue I got from Kimono Japan.. I love it

 

Masa's haori:





Couldn't find the sash that day. ^^;;;

 

Raphael in a Tomoelwes kimono

 

From an old auction of mine.


Some more pictures:
The back
Obi and hair detail

 

One of the first things we made for Shyada ^^ although we ran out of fady purple and had to fudge the obi a little.

 

ooh i can contribute. my boy in kimono!




boy on the left is crystarlia's Kyousuke.

 

How cool to see everyone's pictures!





I never have figured out how to get the sleeves to drape nicely, and it's hard to get it on so it doesn't slip open too.

 

Erm... pretend that knife isn't there *laughs*


And from behind:

Bought from the Volks store in Shinjuku - hope that helps!

 

Does it have to be on a boy? Here's one I made:

 

here's kisa in a yukata. ya not a boy ^^;; but thought u would like to see how it looks and stuff

 

Here is my Ciçek, Elfdoll Nabee, in her default outfit...

 

Well, these are not the most traditional (denim hakama). They are also my first attempts at kimono and hakama which means that they are not the best.



Um, ignore the pumpkins... I took these on Halloween.

 

Not really traditional persay, but I'm inspired by traditional Japanese wear if that counts.







This one is only about halfway done.

 

Kyuubi in her "summer chrisantemum" kimono

god the pic is horrible but I can´t find anything else...damn photobuckett I had like tow zillion pics...oh well...

 

Heisa in a kimono:





Heisa in a yukata:

 

Kodona in his really REEEEALLY craptacular one i made for him.

 

My Tamae in her kimono-japan kimono:

 

Ahhh~! After seeing Brightfire's Harumastu, I was reminded of the movie "Shinobi" and the anime "Basilisk" (both based on a Japanese novel)... And I want to see more boys and girls dresses in the traditional Japanese yukata, kimono, or as ninjas! XD

Link to the trailers for Shinobi:
http://www.shochikufilms.com/movie/shinobi2005.html (english subtitled, low quality)
http://www.apple.com/jp/quicktime/trailers/shochiku/shinobi/m.html (quicktime, high quality)

And yes, Oboro-sama is the Sadoko from "Ringu 0", for anyone who has watched that as well... XD

 

Ilú in hakama:





Kimono and hakama:



Aulen borrowing a kimono:



(and with Ilú again)



Ilú in a yukata and Dee forced into wearing a kimono:





...and one more of Dee:

 

Xanara in a kimono I made for her, sorry for the crappy pictures. (it's also a bit too small for her...features. xD)





And Chrno in the same kimono, doing more of a casual look. (Don't ask. The kid has an odd sense of fashion. > >)

 

My Minawadou Saiki twins in the garden--he's wearing a kimono by gofuku_ohnoya, she's wearing a yukata by Miwa.


Twin brother in a different gofuku_ohnoya kimono:


I know I have more--just can't track down the images right now!

 

Ah we can add to this

Toushiro in his Bleach outfit which is basically hakama XD


Taki bald and modeling the hakama jacket(Not sure the propper name) we have for sale.

I'm thinking about getting a kimono for my girl.

 

It is sooo hard to find men's stuff. Vincent's outfit was from someone on DOA who got it somewhere else. I think it may have been made by the lady that no longer makes them

 

My boy Mori with samurai outfit from Y!Japan~~

 

The top that Taki is wearing is a haori, it's really nice by the way.

 

Tamishirou, my Volks One-Off, in his original outfit--
06-09-HuntingtonTea-Shiro-249a449x600 by aprilllee, on Flickr

Elurin, my Elf El, wearing miniorient kimono, hakama & haori, and Irime, my Juri, wearing kimono-japan--
06-09-HuntintonTea-ElfEl-ElfLishe-203a449x600 by aprilllee, on Flickr

 

Here are Jin and Soye in kimonos.

 

Anyone have any good tips on how to tie the obi? or perhaps how to make a pre-tied one? ive been trying to make a kimono and yukata for my msd sized doll, but i have no idea on what to do with the obi.. :/

 

most people go with making a fake, or pre-tied obi. Doing obi knots on dolls, usually is too much trouble. I have a lot of doll kimono and the only ones I've seen done "untied" are men's obi (which are much easier to tie)

there are lots of different ways to fake an obi bow, but maybe looking at some existing ones, you can get the idea? basically you make a belt the size of the doll's waist and put a snap or velcro in the back, and then you cover that with the pretied bow. (as a separate peice). Some people sew the bow onto the belt. others have it as a tuck-in type thing.

 

I've tried sewing the bow onto the obi and have had trouble with large bows sagging and pulling the obi away from the body...

So what I do is I sew a piece of cardboard into the back of the obi where the bow will sit, then I sew the bow to a large paper clip and paper clip the bow over the cardboard. Small bows you should be fine just sewing onto the back of the obi to hide the velcro, but if you're doing a large Angelic Layer or Monoke-esque bow, it will need some kind supports.

The Takara Jenny kimono book has a lot of good fake-obi making diagrams, if you can find it.

 

B&G Sky, in a Yukata that I made the other day ^^ I'm still practicing, and looking for some better-looking fabric ^^;

 

Hay in a kimono I bought recently from one of the DoA members But please don't mind the hair...not really traditional

 

Here you go. Delagrand in kimono.






And here Domodov wears the outer layer of the kimono.






And here Ventaroth wears the inner layer.





..yeah..it's insanely long!

 

I love spoiling my guys with kimono!

A shot from last March (2007), with everyone I had home at that time. (No Bodkin, Eiri or Shindo.) Kimono makers include hanawasabi, Dollmore, miniorient, Vincents Angel (here at DoA) and Featherfall.


Shuichi in a hanawasabi kimono:


Nasake in kimono by hanawasabi:


Bodkin in a Kelly-sized kimono from mini-orient.


Shuichi in an outfit (kimono, hakama, over-kimono) by an ebay seller in 2006 so I cannot find the name anymore:


Trans in Buddhist monk robes commissioned from hanawasabi:


Nasake in kimono/hakama/haori by miniorient:


Shuichi in under- and over-kimono by (I think) reika_unicorn on ebay:
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Aion in a Kimono made by Tata.

 

the rest are here: http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=190608

 

Not the greratest shot, adn I'm remaking their kimono, but eh. xD

 

Here is my Nagi in Heian era clothes.



And modeling the yukata I made for a friend's doll.



I have also made jinbei for several dolls, but I don't have any good pictures to share.

 

Our girls have frequently worn their kimonos and yukatas to events, so unfortunately the only photos I have of many outfits are of the messy event type, but here we go...



Himeno's kimono - the first thing I ever bought her!


Two of my husband's DDs, Aomi and Mitsuki, wearing their yukata.


My husband's Mitsuki again, in kimono and hakama - with katana!


My husband's PF Yoko, Mimiko in her adorable kimono.


My Mai in her kimono.


My Sei in her kimono.

 

Alex in his Kimono made for the annual meet at our local Japanese Festival





i wish i had better pics of it...

 

The one, really horrible picture I have of the entire outfit:

 

Aizome (Luts KDF Ani) in Dollmore kimono.

 

Emrys wearing the kimono/hakama/haori set I originally made for my Hound 5 years ago - it's quite easy to adjust the hakama to fit either 60cm or 70cm dolls. I used the pattern for hakama featured on the Wikipedia page on hakama, and just scaled it down to 1/3. I got a friend of mine (who is a 2nd Dan black belt in Aikido) to show me how to tie it. It's not 100% accurate - proper hakama should have 7 pleats in front, and this one only has 2. I'm working on a new set that will have the correct number of pleats though.

 

Hello!

I am looking for all Geisha/Geiko/Maiko dolls that are out there. (I searched the threads and couldn't find anything other then traditional asian theme)

So please, may I see all the Geiko out there!

-Token

 

Miwa (akakage) posts a lot of beautiful photoshoots with authentic clothing (a few here); Miwa's website is here.

 

Here is a lovely photoshoot of a geisha. (One of my many saved Gallery links...)

 

Oh man, I love this thread. There are some really gorgeous outfits~


My dolls have traditional Heian clothes...



Yukata and kimono...





And jinbei...

 

Here's a pic of Shinji wearing his yukata

 

My shinydoll akali in her kimono



and in her yukata

 

Setsunya in the Volks August 2011 Kobe Dolpa Twinkle Twinkle Hikoboshi Set for Yo

 

My boys wearing hakama and kimono:

 

Katsumi in't exactly a geisha character, but she's sort of geisha-inspired. (Resinsoul WS Xue, faceup by me):


And here she is with a different faceup, in a fantasy kimono:

 

Puck in a Kimono:

 

Great idea! I'm crazy about japanese traditional clothes!

Allister, Camille, Kisuke, Yanaelle and Azrael, during last tanabata.



Kôji (he's an Oni)


And Yukitsuki.



I can't put them all here. Would be be much pictures in a messasge, I think

 

Ryujinn's single outfit. The outer layer:



And the inner layer.