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meganbmoore) wrote2011-01-27 12:00 am
meganbmoore) wrote2011-01-27 12:00 am
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Okimono Kimono by Mokona
Okimono Kimono is a book by Mokona of the mangaka team Clamp about…well, kimonos. Mokona kicks off the book by explaining that she started to wear kimonos as often as possible about the time they started xxxHolic, which I feel explains much about that book’s style.
The book is mostly pictures and explanations, but is also very detailed, especially regarding patterns and accessorizing. There are a number of kimono patterns designed by Mokona, many based on Clamp’s various series, and I’m pretty sure most of them (or very similar ones) have shown up in xxxHolic. The detail, variety, and thematic explanations are fascinating, but it’s largely an exercise in textile pr0n, and could probably be read in 20 minutes if you aren’t staring at the pretty pretty pictures. I like staring at pretty pretty pictures.
I should mention that there’s a “return to traditional femininity” undertone to a lot of Mokona’s comments that becomes more overt later on, as well as comments about how a kimono all but “forces” gracefulness by its confinements, and I never quite knew how to take that. I feel like I spent a lot of time going "So pretty pre...what was that about jeans?" or some equivalent.
The book is mostly pictures and explanations, but is also very detailed, especially regarding patterns and accessorizing. There are a number of kimono patterns designed by Mokona, many based on Clamp’s various series, and I’m pretty sure most of them (or very similar ones) have shown up in xxxHolic. The detail, variety, and thematic explanations are fascinating, but it’s largely an exercise in textile pr0n, and could probably be read in 20 minutes if you aren’t staring at the pretty pretty pictures. I like staring at pretty pretty pictures.
I should mention that there’s a “return to traditional femininity” undertone to a lot of Mokona’s comments that becomes more overt later on, as well as comments about how a kimono all but “forces” gracefulness by its confinements, and I never quite knew how to take that. I feel like I spent a lot of time going "So pretty pre...what was that about jeans?" or some equivalent.
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