[gardeniyas]

You know, in this heat I wish I could wear a Hakama without strange looks.

[favwebbb]

Discover the wonders of Velco!

I say a mighty hurrah for Velco!, yeh International Hakama day really kool idea, yeh i think i will buy a Yakata then at least i can wear it around the house. Halloween never thought of that good idea.

[finasteride]

Be bold and wear it where you want, it might even start a fashion craze...

I don't want it to become mainstream fashion just like songs got overplayed by the radio. Though, wearing it every now and then might have some laughs

[Vikonbarius]

my Uni students walk home in their kit and dont even get funny looks any more when they go to Subways for a sandwich. Be bold and wear it where you want, it might even start a fashion craze...
The only time I ever got a funny look was walking to a dojo.... in Kyoto.

[hauptdaunnila]

I've said it before, I'll say it again: Let's organize an International Hakama Day.

Hmmm, if I may be allowed to wax "leet"!

w00t!!!!

[thakitt]

I've said it before, I'll say it again: Let's organize an International Hakama Day.

Here, here . Mugu, I totally agree. Me and a friend of mine both decided to wear ours for last year's halloween and, just to turn more heads, slipped our bokuto through our himo .

[casinobonuswer]

Hey There,

Im just curious does anyone wear Hakamas or Kimonos for special occasions, i was thinking my birthdays coming up and i wanted a Men's Kimono or something to wear for my birthday in the house of course lol, or am i just plain werid lol.

[ebBPxIai]

Discover the wonders of Velco!

[chipkluchi]

You know, in this heat I wish I could wear a Hakama without strange looks.

I've said it before, I'll say it again: Let's organize an International Hakama Day.

[Creelaleps]

BTW, trying to figure out how to put on the Obi gives me headaches, especially trying to learn how to tie them with pictures, lol

Thus the joy of asking you sensei =^o^=

Still, I often wear Yakata in the house cuz it's soooooo comfy. Sadly my mum won't let me outside w/ it and my evil neibors think that I will kill them in their sleep. But to be honest they are evil so when I get a iaito/shinken I'll practice somewhere in view to add to their false impression.

PS - I just got my aunt in texas into kendo. I am soon going to send her info on the Budokan. (=^o^=)

[feroiodpiop]

I don't want it to become mainstream fashion just like songs got overplayed by the radio. Though, wearing it every now and then might have some laughs

Not mainstream but closer to somebody wearing a business suit with flip-flops or the goth/punk look of the 80's, noticed but not odd enough to bother you. It should not so out there that random people will come up to you and question your fasion choice. This is not the only thread to conside the Int. Hakama Day thing, because everyone knows how cool the hakama is.

http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7071

Viva la revolution del hakama.
Power to the Obi

I have a dream that one day this world will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women in kimono are created equal." I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together (in hakama) at a table of in a teahouse. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be filled with cool citzens in coton or silk yukata. I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their haori but by the fabric it is made of. I have a dream today.

[sXVUOUVC]

I'm planning to wear mine during Holloween, the only occasion you can look normal in those clothing in Minnesota, lol

[sbrthrds]

I don't wear anything like that outside for special occasions, but I do wear yukata at home in the house sometimes. When I was a teen, I always wore yukata/nemaki at home. But as an adult I find the sleeves too annoying (because of cooking dinner, washing dishes, etc), so I tend not to wear them much anymore.

[AmericaAirline 111]

BTW, trying to figure out how to put on the Obi gives me headaches, especially trying to learn how to tie them with pictures, lol

[BDDkDvgZ]

Here, here . Mugu, I totally agree. Me and a friend of mine both decided to wear ours for last year's halloween and, just to turn more heads, slipped our bokuto through our himo .

bahahaha I think we should meet up on Holloween then, hahah

[brorwargy]

lol same here, but yeh u would get chavs going "I wanna fight with u Samurai" lol

[reervieltnope]

i dont get weird looks when i've worn mine. i wear it all sorts of places like toys-r-us or blocbuster or jack in the box, all that jazz.

but definately halloween