I was at the Ren-Fest with Fushu Daiko and the theme for the past weekend was Pirates.
Of course - with FushuDaiko's stage being next to the pirate's cove...my brain got ticking over with ideas as soon as I heard of the theme weekend and wasted no time in emailing
I thought that it was really neat that although we had the theme of Kimono Pirates, the three of us all had vastly different outfits and styles.
Christy's husband dressed in a ronin style with a splash of Scottish added and a Turkish knife thrown in for good measure. He looked fantastic and most certainly piratey!
Christy went as a dandy/American Revolution style pirate. Frilled shirt under her grey kimono, and her kimono worn open at the top. She also wore men's hakama and obi with a studded belt and boots. The hat she is wearing was mine - and she did a fantastic job of sewing the pearl skull and cross bones on it. Originally I was going to wear it, but after we got dressed it was very clear that her hat matched my outfit more, and my hat matched hers - so we swapped :) I absolutely LOVED how her outfit came together - it really looked fantastic and sexy...a great mix of masculine and feminine.
My outfit ended up having more of an Edo-esque type feel and consisted of pink bloomers with eyelet lace (that I frantically sewed the night before while slightly intoxicated...heh), my bright pink naga juban, Christy's black and white striped kimono, my red hakata obi (which matched the red in the hat I was wearing), black and white striped stockings and slipper type shoes. I also borrowed a katana from Christy to finish up my outfit.
I think I can safely say we were the most interesting pirates there on the weekend - there were no other kimono pirates about and we attracted a lot of attention with our outfits :) I have to admit also, I cannot express how scandalously fun it was to walk around with my kimono hitched up and my bloomers showing ;P
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