Flickr Group SL Kimono Presents: Dizzy Sparrow

I am happy to present Miss Dizzy Sparrow. Although Miss Sparrow only have two photo submissions, I think her photos speak volumes about the lighting, the color, the back ground/setting, an the mood.

Street Kimono


Kimono 2

If you like this photo and want to see more, please stop by either the Flickr Group: SL Kimono, or Dizzy Sparrow's Flickr site.

Flickr SL Kimono Group Presents Hatsune Yoshikawa

Miss Hatsune Yoshikawa is one of the early photo presenters in the Flickr SL Kimono Group. She is a designer and owns "Flower and Willow" with several store locations in Second Life. The photos in this post are Miss Yoshikawa's Flicker SL Kimono Group submissions which are of a few of her beautiful designs.

Contemplation by the fountain

Maiko Hatsune


Coquettish Hatsune

"One of the pictures I took while posing for some new vendor boards. I just loved the coquettish and playful look Hatsune has in this shot and had to save it! "

In the Snow

"This was a picture taken for the winter classified ad/shop listing. That's Hatsune all dolled up as a junior maiko in her wareshinobu hair with December kanzashi, scarlet hexagons hikizuri and winter morning parasol. The lovely skin was made by Kyoko Mikita <3"

Thank you Miss Yoshikawa for your beautiful picture submissions. To see more Flickr Group: SL Kimono member pictures click Flicker Group: SL Kimono, or Hatusune Yoshikawa's name to see more of her beautiful pictures. To get more information regarding her fasionsion you can visit her blog at Flower and Willow which has a listing of her stores and see more posts about the fashions she offers.

SL Kimono Group Presents: Rythmnmuse!

Update, many of the Milla's pictures were no loger available, but you can still view her beautiful pictures at the link below!

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I am happy to present our Flickr SL-Kimono Group member Rythmnmuse aka Milla Alexandre! I absolutely love the way Milla has used lighting and textures in her pictures.

So relax, take your time and enjoy the pictures! lol!

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This set of pics is called "Rezzable Hallucinogen - as Misha."

Milla captions under her photos, " Incredible sim...it is as if falling into a dream of haunting ethereal quality. I 

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Well, I hope you enjoyed my presentation of Milla's picture's as much as I have! I am still working on that historical RL/SL piece....RL has kept me a busy bee!bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

If you would like to see more of Rythmnmuse's work (and I suggest you do! lol), click: Rythmnmuse's photos.

To see more Flickr SL-Kimono Group pictures please click: Flickr SL-Kimono Group.

The Flickr SL-Kimono Group Members produce and submit fantastic kimono pictures.

I would also suggest you check out Felony Fabre's Flickr Group: Second Life Secrets of the Orient.

Ciao!

SL KIMONO GROUP PRESENTS: OOLA NERUDA!

I am proud to present Oola Neruda's kimono pics that is posted in the Flickr group, SL Kimono.

The pictures and poetry below is directly taken from the Flickr SL Kimono Group (click name to go to site).

(Forgive my formatting the poem quots. *smiles)

Please go to that site if you'd like to see the entire SL Kimono Flickr group pictures.

To see more of Oola's Flickr work exclusively, click Oola Nuruda.

In some of Oola's kimono pictures, she has include poems to share a mood or thought.

Geisha Dance

JOY RIDERS
Someone has picked all our flowers
That's okay
There's more where those came from
We have no music to buy
We have our heart beats
to dance to
We aren't afraid to be different
We know where our differences lie
& our love tells the truth
Whose mournful cries are these?
Whose yelps of approval?
When will our howls be answered?
Where is the rest of our pack?

Time is stuck on now
because now is
the only time that counts
We're eye ballers
always looking to get an eyeful
We leave no broken hearts or heads behind
We invite them along
We 're the connection
We're the trip
Something clicks when we come together
We don't just read or write poetry
We are poetry

There's nothing exclusive about us
We say what everyone wants
but is afraid to say out loud
Our eyes are kind of wild
We know how to make ourselves at home
We're a cloudburst of delight
pouring ourselves out under love's spell
We're joy riders of the roaring sunrise
We're what nothing can stop
Death won't live long enough to see
the fire go out of our eyes
Steve Toth

Dancer

Two Geishas

the geishas

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Flower and Willow

My next kimono shopping trip took me to Flower and Willow owned by Hatsune Yoshikawa. In September, I arrived at her store in Java II to see what she had to offer.

This is the shop in Java II Island

There was a buy one, get one free sale at the time. If you join the update group, you will get a notice regarding sales and new releases, or you can click this link to see Flower and Willow's blog.

While looking at the kimonos, I found that Flower and Willow (F&W) offers a free Tomesode. I immediately put it on *giggles.
Sigh, which do I choose? lol!

Humm....I decided to buy the Jade Koi Kimono. Since there was a buy one get one free sale, I chose the Blue Crysantheum Kimono as my free item. I sent Hatsune an IM of my free selection, and she sent it to me in a very reasonable time.

I had to go back to one of F&W's shop and get more information saw that there were new releases. This photograph was at the Blue Lotus Okiya Location.

So I head back to the house to take some pictures. I start off with my Tomesode (free) pics.

Then, the Jade Koi Kimono.

I hope that you can see the koi, lilly pad embroidery detail on the kimono, and the white crane in the obi. Now it is time to see try on the Blue Chrysanthemum and Waterfalls Kimono that I selected as my free item.
Contact Hatsune Yoshikawa for custom work, she will be happy to do it, if she can.

Also, if you can't get their prim attachments to fit, she will be happy to do custom fitting if you send her a notecard with your shape details.

To go to the Flower and Willow Locations click any of the links:

Blue Lotus Okiya, Semple Truth, SL Exchange

To see more Flower and Willow kimono pictures, click Flickr sites:

SL Kimono, or Hatsune Yoshikawa

A peaceful way to end the day. Hope your day was wonderful also!

SL Kimono Group Presents: Lilith Lunardi

Today's post features Flickr SL Kimono Group Member Lilith Lunardi!

I would like to thank Lilith for her early participation in the Flickr SL Kimono group and allowing me to post her pics on my blog. *smiles She models the long and short kimonos and I love her poses. I love how she uses the background in her shots.

Lilith with kimono and sword at the gates of Moonlight Bay

Monarch Migration Kimono by SheOfTheSourSnailSuckers and Ashes Jin Geom katana.
Lilith lying in the snow in Nagaya in Juho

Lilith in the snow in Nagaya in Juho

Lilith on Syl's Beach in Cosy Cove

Lilith in the Romantic Ice Palace in Everfrost

Lilith with Shea Yue in her house in Henderson

Well, I hope you enjoyed seeing Lilith's pics. To see more of Lilith's work on Flickr, please click Lilith Lunardi

If you'd like to see more Second Life Kimono Group pics Second Life Kimono, and if you are looking for another place to post your SL kimono pics, we would love to have you join us and and to view your great work. Felony Fabre has a great Flickr group SL Secrets of the Orient also.

New Release: Uchikake and Kimono Sets by Cherry Tokyo

Cherry Tokyo has a new Uchikake and Kimono sets. Here are two of her four recent releases that I retrieved from her blog: Cherry Tokyo's Kimono's

Each set comes with various options like the other sets I've released previously: Shoes, two types of obi, improved prim collar, optional prim uchikake (coat), optional flexi skirt prims, flexi sleeves, a modifiable shape and an instructions note card. :)

Please go to her blog site (Cherry Tokyo's Kimono's)or join her group in SL for more information and locations. In her blog, she also lists places you can get the hairstyles she is wearing in the pics. *winks

The Japanese Goods Shop-Giorno Brando

Well, my recent kimono shopping in Second Life has lead me to a little place in the Semple Truth Sim. The sim is an Asian-themed sim, with a shopping mall, Geisha Tea House, and if you explore beyond that there is a peaceful country-side where there is a huge Buddah statue or shrine (again very peaceful).

Most of the shops in the mall are scaled-down versions of many of the shop owners main shops and many will offer to teleport you to their main shop or give you a land mark to their other shops. Cherry Tokyo has a shop there (see previous post). I found my Geisha hair there (me sings "I love it")!

I perused through the area and found a shop that had kimonos that caught my eye (price and style!). The name of the shop is the Japanese Goods Shop, and is owned by Giorno Brando.
The pictures and prices of the kimono were very nice (free-200L). I purchased the Black Autumn Kimono and the Free Kimono. Then proceeded to do my normal routine of: taking pictures of the shop, and head home for more shots! lol!

Black Autumn Kimono

Ahh back home! I put on the Black Autumn Kimono (200L). This purchase included 2 collar styles, tabi, and zouri. Please feel free to click on a picture to see a larger image for detail purposes.





A close up shot to show the floral pattern detail at the bottom of the kimono and the sleeves
A back view of the kimono and obi

The colors of this kimono were beautiful and most notable to me was the obi tie and the floral detail. I enjoy clothing w/detail. I was pleased with this kimono.

Well, due to a computer problem, I lost the pictures that I took at the Semple Truth sim (frowns). So, I searched for more information on this vendor and find out that he has two other places. I teleport to the Mukuhari Location first [Giorno Brando, Makuhari (240, 194, 22)], then over to the Havelock location through a teleport located at the Mukuhari site [JAPANESE GOODS SHOP, Havelock (224, 134, 191)] Havelock Shrine.

The women's line of clothing. Price range from zero to 200 Lindens.

Men, this store has something for you too (see picture above)! The price range is the same as for the ladies (zero to 200 Lindens). GB has a few other accessories and goods in his store.

Rafael and I trying on our outfits at home.

The Free Kimono

This is the free Kimono that GB offers in his Japanese Goods Shop

At Majestic Dreams

At Antiquity Cove

Front view of Obi

Back view of the obi.

Artesia wearing free kimono at Antiquity Cove

Trying the black and white effect of a shot using the Midnight view.

Trying out my new Geisha AO. I love it! *Smiles

If you go to the shrine location,pull the rope at the shrine, then-Watch Out! lol (you will know what I mean!)!

This post has many pictures in it, but I wanted to give you a the details involved in kimono making as well as how the kimono will actually look in Second Life. I will add these and other pics to my flickr site soon.