6 boxes of fabric sorted. 1 half-done (a mostly scary crap box). Three more in the garage (which I think are pretty well sorted).
Found my really nice purple herringbone wool.
Found some more
stmungo materials. A few odd calicos, a tiger-stripe black organza, a brown snakeskin velour, a green snakeskin velour...
Found nothing big enough suitable for hakama and kataginu.
If I don't find anything soon, it's either a storage-locker visit, or more shopping.
Found my really nice purple herringbone wool.
Found some more
stmungo materials. A few odd calicos, a tiger-stripe black organza, a brown snakeskin velour, a green snakeskin velour...Found nothing big enough suitable for hakama and kataginu.
If I don't find anything soon, it's either a storage-locker visit, or more shopping.
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when I was in Tokyo a few years ago, I was completely smitten by the traditional pants worn by the construction workers. I tried to figure out where to get some, but my (ex-pat) host was no help - I asked her about them, and she simply said they were "construction worker pants" - when I went on to ask her where to buy them, she replied "a construction worker store?"
Sadly, she had no idea where to find such a store (she was, however, very up on the best clubs to check out, got me several awesome DJ gigs, and we almost went to an outdoor, weekend-long rave at the base of Mount Fuji - so I can't really complain.)
The pants:
http://www.fashionisspinach.com/images/0307/puffypants.jpg
However...
A bit of searching on "Japanese Work Pants" found something.
First, check out this article at PingMag on Tobi (construction worker) fashion.
Tobi-Ya Clothing Store Murai has "knickerbockers" and other work pants available for on-line order.