Yukata Season
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Summer in Japan means festivals and fireworks, and festivals and fireworks mean yukata (light, summer kimono). It tends to be the case that more women than men wear yukata (there are styles for both sexes) but in recent years it seems more guys are realising how cool they are (in all senses) and are wearing them more often.
This is probably the right place to mention that I think kimono and yukata are about the sexiest articles of clothing ever designed for women (with the possible exception of old blue jeans and a crisp white shirt). Unlike a lot of Western style clothing, they look great on people of all shapes and sizes and they provide the most tantalising glimpses of ankles, napes of necks (oooh!) and clavicles (big oooh!) as well as ample encouragement to the imagination (as if encouragement were needed). The pseudo-porn attractions of hot pants and bared midriffs are simply grotesque compared to the unostentatious (but hardly demure) eroticism of the kimono.
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Posted to General Rants • 2003.07.16 (Wed) • 11:42
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Posted by Pete Barr-watson 2003.07.16, 22:44
“tantalising glimpses of ankles, napes of necks (oooh!) and clavicles (big oooh!) as well as ample encouragement to the imagination (as if encouragement were needed)”
easy now! (although I have to agree - i have a hard time finding typically english ‘sexyness’ even remotely appealing)
but anyway, calm down jh!
Posted by Zero 2003.07.17, 02:23
I don’t know much about the kimono, but I completely agree with “old blue jeans and a crisp white shirt” being extremely sexy on a woman.
Posted by Anita Rowland 2003.07.17, 02:36
Good thing you moved to Japan, where I hear the nape-thing is a widely held preference.
Posted by Dave 2003.07.17, 21:37
Your completely right about the neck thing…… my 2 cents
Posted by HaleyA 2004.01.16, 08:52
Hey, I went to Japan last summer on a 3 week exchange program (I’m 16) and we were given yukatas to wear to celebrations like meeting the mayor, watching fireworks (hanabi) and more. They’re pretty comfortable and light, but kind of feel like a sheet wrapped around you. As for sexiness, hmm, I’m undecided on that. They’re pretty cool though. -HaleyA
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