I have been seeing this rain bonnet called The Bonnit on the internet very often, and I thought I would try it out since the price is very reasonable ($10/pack). Plus I ride on my bicycle to work and when it rains, I think it will be very convenient to wear.
FYI; the package contains 2 of them, clear one and one with patterns. When I ordered them, the shipping was free if you order 2 of them, so I ordered “ Ohh Shelly ” and “ The Solanah ” . There are one more kind “ The Sylvie ”, it is also very pretty.
First attempt, I obviously didn’t know what I was doing, and looked like Darth Vader… Fail!
I put it deeper, and tied it tighter. Much better.
And then moved it a little bit backward. Hey Nozomy, it’s a bonnet, so wear as it is!!
The Bonnit is made for covering vintage hairstyles, and it tend to be big. So it felt a little too big for a normal hair day. But anyway I look forward a rainy day to wear them :)
I made nibushiki-juban from my vintage beautiful silk juban by myself.
I bought this juban from Hyotan-ya, which is an antique/vintage kimono store in Osaka (I’m sad that the store is not open right now, hopefully the owner will start his business again soon!), almost 10 years ago… !!
This is actually my first juban, but it is difficult to wear antique kimono because they are a little too small, or the fabric is worn out and if you pull the fabric too hard, it would break off.
Anyway, I didn’t wan’t to ruin it, and had kept it like a treasure for a long time. But now I’m confident enough to wear them and it is actually in a very good condition than I thought.
But the problem was, as usual, it was short. So I decided to make nibushiki-juban out of it.
I always wear nibushiki-juban, because it is easy to wear, easy to shape the emon nicely.
First, cut it in 2 pieces! Be bold and just cut it!!
It’s better to have the edge a little bit longer so you can sew it up.
Like this.
The bottom part. I searched and referred on the Internet and found some nice instructions to make juban.
色のあるくらし ←The blog has a lot of recipe to make kimono stuff!! Very cool ;)
I love anqitue/vintage kimono, but the size had been always an issue, but now juban, I will be able to buy anything with this technique. It is so exiting!!
After that, we went to a Chinese restaurant, House of Chang in Cambridge. I forgot to take pictures but it was very decent. They have dim sum lunch for weekends and we have to go back again!
