染呉服の老舗、日本橋の
竺仙の生地で浴衣を仕立てた。女物の生地だとツンツルテンに仕上がるな、と悩んでいたところに「究極の粋とは女が男柄を着ること」の店員のヒトコト。そうなのか！と調子に乗って、とことん威勢のイイものを選んでみた。
火消しが持つ纏の柄、なんとも江戸好みではないか。2枚の型を使った2度染めも気に入っている。帯はパリッとした麻素材の橙色。
I bought a roll of fabric from
Chikusen (in Japanese), an old established store in Nihonbashi, and I had my
yukata tailored. The salesman told me that the ultimate coolness in
Edo times was for women to wear fabric designed for men, and vise versa. I liked the idea and the women's fabric size is a little bit small for me anyway, so I chose my fabric from the men's section. I even chose the most masculine pattern, it shows a
fireman's standard. During Edo times, people in Kyoto didn't like this Tokyo-style bold design.
