Well...

[bovil]

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.

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[finickynarcane.livejournal.com]

I vote for shopping. Something really interesting could be done with some of the japanese prints from Eddy's. Or, perhaps a "traditional" Scottish tartan (properly pleated) hakama is in order. Does it become obvious why I don't do much costuming, any more?

[bovil.livejournal.com]

Right now the definition of "suitable" is a big enough piece that's got enough structure to take the pleats. That's about it.

[bovil.livejournal.com]

and check out stmungo for the other sort of stuff I'm buying at the moment...

[djmermaid.livejournal.com]

I want to dig through your storage locker!!!

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[djmermaid.livejournal.com]

PS:

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

[bovil.livejournal.com]

Haven't the foggiest. It's not a style I've ever seen (even in anime that featured construction sites).

However...

A bit of searching on "Japanese Work Pants" found something.

First, check out this article at PingMag (http://www.pingmag.jp/2006/01/18/construction-worker-fashion/) on Tobi (construction worker) fashion.

Tobi-Ya Clothing Store Murai (http://www2.famille.ne.jp/~tobiya/e-index.html) has "knickerbockers" (http://www2.famille.ne.jp/~tobiya/shopping/nikka.html) and other work pants available for on-line order.