A Week in Summer Kimono Outfits

[@OddlyElly]

Now I want to meet the old lady who makes panama zori and learn how to make them. That would be awful for that craft to be lost 😭

[@loredanascolari494]

You're always so colourful and elegant, Billy.. I think kimono allow to use more colour than western clothes.

[@mateoarceneaux3552]

I love the hydrangea yukata! Its my fave for sure! I started sewing miniature kimono for dolls a couple years ago and your explanation of how to compose outfits is so helpful to me when I’m looking for fabrics and trying to pair them together!

[@the_dark_forest]

YES Please, I would LOVE to see MANY more videos of seasonal wear, how you combine the obi, obijime, kimono, etc. Perhaps Evening Wear, Party ensembles for grown-up parties and ones for family or children's parties, kimono outfits for visiting friends, shopping, and other casual activities, plus, kimono outfits for Festivals, going to restaurants, cafés, Weddings, christenings,.... everything! please 💝🙏😊 Aside from the fabulous green yukata (your birthday present is so beautiful; such a refreshing green melon colour), and the wonderful hydrangea yukata, I love numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, and 8 I really LOVE your channel. Thank you so much for your hard work. I have some kimono and thought that 'one day' I will somehow learn how to wear them properly, but that day is a long way off. Watching your videos really inspires me. I've brought forward 'one day' and it's going to be very soon. I just have to save up to get some undergarments (after watching some of your videos in an attempt to better understand what to look out for, and what to avoid). I've half unpacked my kimono trunk to discover what I have and what else I need. SO EXCITING.😊😊😊 I appreciate the casual + educational content. Your channel really is fantastic. You make it so easy to learn about the world of Japanese [traditional] fashion in an easy-going conversational style

[@inthewindago]

I love your third day Kimono! The pattern and colours are just my style. I’m currently sewing my first kimono. Fallowing your other video instructions. I am making mine out of 100% linen. So it will be cool in the summer. I’m also sewing it completely by hand. Because that’s what I prefer. You’ve been such an inspiration on me. To pursue my desire to wear traditional Japanese clothing. More in my everyday. Thank You!

[@sumbae7668]

Outfit Nummer 3 sieht so toll aus, die Farben heben deine Augen richtig gut hervor. Sieht bombe aus😍

[@ashenwalls3558]

So many wonderful colors and patterns!

[@sleepyowl87]

The fifth and the sixth were my favorites

[@dynademerritt5337]

I love all of the kitsuke you have done here, but I think the last one has to be my favorite. That green is so lovely and the frog obi…I have said so multiple times. Too cute!!! It was really fun to see your collection and the stories behind them too, it helped me understand summer wear a lot better. Edit: oh! I also meant to say, I’m glad I’m not the only one who doesn’t like polyester on my skin. People look at me like I’m crazy when I like something and then realize it’s made of polyester-sometimes it just feels hotter to me no matter how thin!

[@Saphara]

Since polyester is a synthetic fiber it doesn't 'wick' away sweat or moisture which can end up making some feel sticky/sweaty/swampy, especially high polyester fabrics with tight weaves.

[@dynademerritt5337]

@@Saphara oh that totally makes sense. I’m still learning about fabric textures and fibers so that’s good to know-I’ve always preferred working and wearing natural fibers (training seamstress, new to kitsuke though)

[@purpleicicles]

I love your handmade haori/pink kimono combo! Always love seeing how you style kimono - I'm excited for the autumn one!! Also, bless your shy husband!

[@BillyMatsunaga]

Thank you 🧡

[@nataliechim5227]

Love all your kimonos especially the blue and white hydrangea print one. All the different terms for the garment pieces are mind boggling.

[@sternenregen5489]

I love Nr. 4 and the last one. The frogs are beautyfull

[@larabella20]

I love your videos!!! You’ve inspired me to try and sew my own Kimono!

[@BillyMatsunaga]

Aw! Thanks for letting me be a part of our kimono journey 🧡

[@downsfitness4219]

Could you please link the linen juban? Thank you!

[@evaweiss1160]

Loved the video! My favorite outfit was the hydrangea Yukata. Can you share the link to the linen juban on Amazon? It seems to be missing from the description.

[@anita_from_silent_hill]

Third Outfit is my favourite, definietly🥰 Fun fact: In Poland sandals+ white socks are just a meme. I don't know why and when but people here are thinking that white sandals+socks are a fashion disaster😅 And meme is about typical Polish tourist😅 But i thik in your way it looks cute and its just comfortable😃 Love this video

[@lenabreijer1311]

I think that is most places but I wear socks with my sandals anyway because I don't like bare feet. Besides I knit all my socks and I can show of my pretty lace socks.

[@anita_from_silent_hill]

@@lenabreijer1311 Oh, i didnt know. In here, everytime i see someone in sandals+socks another person says" oh, traditional polish suit" with sarcasm :( I don't care, actually i don't like bare foot too. And truly it can look very fashionable that way :)

[@szz22]

Billy, thank you so much for this yet another fantastic video! (This is Sacha btw) It is impossible to say which outfit is my favorite since they all look exceptionally beautiful no matter how simple you put them together. But I liked that you talked some more about “Jofu” and “ramie” so now I will dive into reading and researching. Your idea about making a similar video set about other seasons is great. Hope will have the time to do it.

[@daisanders82]

All of the outfits are iki! But I adore the frog obi.

[@BillyMatsunaga]

Thank you ❤️

[@vivianheartfiliaheartfilia236]

I love watching your channel. Wish i could wear them everyday.

[@gabriellespanke]

I love the light blue haori over the dark pink in outfit 7. So striking!

[@ceruleanskies001]

I love to see another one of these for each season! I particularly enjoyed the second and last outfits. I have said this before but I will never get over how you pair colors and prints, it's so inspiring. Stay cool.

[@mgrouiller204]

My absolutely favourite outfit is number 3 💜🖤💙💚🧡. I love the colours of the kimono so much ! I would also love to see this kind of video for other seasons !

[@TealCheetah]

That frog obi!

[@olamistal6126]

Big yes for autumn, winter and rainy version ❤️❤️😁

[@viljo7352]

Would love to see these kind of videos for every season! I feel that I can get a lot of inspiration from your way of styling kimono

[@jackiejames4551]

This was so much fun seeing what you wear at home and out and about. My favorite was the yellow and purple one, but I also really liked the green and frog one. Both looked so cool and comfortable. Thanks for telling us where you got them.

[@CherriesJubilee]

I love coordination number 7 so much. Pink and ice blue, it is absolutely delicious. Please do more of these. I am really looking forward to rainy season because that is most of our year here in Seattle.

[@kermitthefrog7201]

I really liked this video, would love to see another video like this ❤️!

[@spiritofhyrule8131]

It’s funny to me you don’t like the “wrong” side of that one obi. I loved that side of it XD

[@NoDecaf7]

So beautiful! I love seeing the colors and patterns you pair together!

[@BillyMatsunaga]

Thank you 😊

[@rachelkanode2063]

My favorite is the giant blue hydrangea yukata (Outfit #4)! Casual, yet chic. This is such a fun new series, can't wait for the next season! P.S. I'm located in Texas, and it's been an average high of 95-105 degrees Fahrenheit (36 - 38 degrees Celsius) for the past few weeks. 😅

[@Sawsan351]

I love this kind of videos! Thank you for sharing 🥰🥰

[@pickledequity]

Yessss! I've always been curious where or how you've obtained your kimono. So beautiful! 💙💙💙💙💙 thank you~ *edit: I would love more videos like this it definitely gave helpful information for summer wear.

[@BillyMatsunaga]

Thank youuu! ❤️

[@elizabethsloan3192]

I love that moth obidome!

[@dakotatwilight]

This was a delight to see, and look forward to more, pretty please, thank you for the misubi class. Perhaps this fall I can afford your Patron or classes, I have wanted to for so long now. I tend to like kimono over yukata, don't know why perhaps I like silk more against my skin. I can't wear polyester at all I break out from it, so I never think to buy any, I avoid them. I never thought of wearing a silk susoyoke or juban under one. I love all your kimono but love the design on the dark one with the blue and golden yellow most. Ramie sounds like it acts like pure linen before you have treated(softened) it. I made myself some reclaimed/(failed bilout) linen susoyoke that I love. I also have some summer tannomo I bought long ago at Sou. I am embroidering a black ro kimono(a tannomo gift) I made mostly with white thread. I haven't finished it yet as I can't make up my mind what to put on the sleeves.

[@BillyMatsunaga]

It would be so cool, if you can join patreon soon ❤️ polyester kimono can be super convenient, so pairing it with a silk undergarment is definitely a good way to introduce it into your wardrobe 😊

[@charliecat5686]

I love this type of video, one a season would be great!!! My favorite outfit is the last, because both the kimono and the frog heko obi are AMAZING!

[@erinsleathercraftstudio4977]

I would definitely love to see more these seasonal videos. And I love the green kimono with the Frogs obi

[@barbiebunnybakery1896]

Omg !! I love this format and would love to see it for all the other seasons as well 😍

[@jmchau]

This video was great fun. Yes please, do one for each season.

[@robynm5944]

I love all the Shinnosuke Joufu kimono 💕 so pretty 😍 And I would love to see more videos for the different seasons, especially autumn and winter ❄️❤️

[@fikanera838]

This was so gorgeous! I love all the different combinations of colour & texture. My favourite was a tie between the colourful kimono with black & white obi, & the yellow floral kimono (were they irises?) with purple obi. I'm sorry to hear that you won't wear the obi that way again. Is that a good excuse to make another one?! Looking forward to the other seasons! Best wishes from Czechia

[@cicigabel]

Dear Billy, Love this video! WIll sure watch it a lot of times and looking forward to the series of other seasons! Outfit Nr.5!!! The cute small Musubi! What's the name of the tie? Could you please make a video for that! Or maybe you have already ? Love it!!!!

[@TealCheetah]

All these outfits are so beautiful!

[@khimbalee5087]

I would love to see each season! Your videos are wonderful

[@elyle]

Billy I love this video. Can't wait to see next season!

[@adrianalondono7924]

I really enjoyed this video! I definitely want to see a video like this for every season!!!

[@aliciasipocz8406]

Hi! I'm new to this channel and have learned so much, thank you! I was wondering if you've ever done a video where you looked into films or fictional kimono and what they are doing right or wrong, the style, and design of them?

[@yzqc]

Billy this video is awesome, i look forward to autumn edition. i would have said that kimono 4 was best, the white with blue, but when i saw kimono 8 i loved the vibrant color of light green, i ant decide which is better! they both look lovely

[@shatiel8552]

I love this video! It gives me motivation to wear kimono during this so terribly hot summer 😊 My favorite outfits are definitely the last one (love that green and the obi too) and the hydrangea yukata one. It would be great to see such video for the other seasons too! ❤

[@vivalavida173]

Hey !!!!! I just got a ramie kimono and I was shocked how stiff it was 😅😅😅 I don’t wanna say that I hated it but I guess I will have to learn to love it.

[@alexandrak.6108]

Hi Billy, thanks for another cool video, I'm already looking forward to see your outfits for autumn.. 😉 My favourite yukata was the third one and I really love number eight with the snowcrystal haori! Have a good time, greetings from (very hot) Germany! Alexandra

[@deborahrowan9034]

Omg day7!!!!

[@RebeccaBlack-tl5mb]

I live the 3rd 7th outfit I didn't think I'd like the 3rd but the obi , tabi and zori just made it awesome.... keep up the good work

[@BillyMatsunaga]

Thank you so much 💙

[@RebeccaBlack-tl5mb]

@@BillyMatsunaga When I finally finish the kimono I've been making using you tutorial I'll share but being a plus size girl the extra crossover from center from doesn't quite 😅 make the distance 😅 🙃 🤔

[@theplussizecostumer]

I loved seeing all the different kimono and yukata. I especially loved the 3rd outfit because I love the jewel tones, especially that particular shade of purple. Mmm 'chef's kiss'. Also I really liked the 6th outfit. The yellow and purple/lavender flowers was particularly lovely. And the last outfit is so beautiful. Like I said in your IG, it's a beautiful color of green and it makes you look even more beautiful. I do have a question about the zori. I noticed that they are shorter than you foot. Is this typical of zori? I ask because a zori like that would be painful for me to wear. Sometimes my slippers slip off my foot when I don't really realize it, and when I step down my foot arch comes down hard onto the back edge of my slipper and it hurts. Oh, and I had to giggle when you said that at 32 (90 F) degrees was a bit cool. Where I live it is currently 28 (82 F) at 16:30 and if the forecast predicts a temperature of 32 (90 F) or higher, heat advisories are posted and people are asked to check on their elderly family members. Though, to be fair, you are living on an island which probably has some nice breezes coming in from the water that surrounds you.

[@raquanwilliams5572]

Billy-san!! Thank you for you cheery personality and information on Kimono and Yukata overall! I’m a gay guy, and I enjoy female kimono and obi musubi. I’ll be wearing an Otaiko style musubi at this anime convention in a few weeks, and I’m only watching your videos! 💜😂 p.a. Thank you for being so inclusive!!!😭❤️

[@Koutouhara]

Matsunaga-Sensei, if you see this, is it possible to do a video on plus size kimono for people? Good, affordable places to buy maybe, interviewing/talking with some plus size kitsuke wearers that might have tips/tricks for wearing kimono plus size, or even tips for making our own kimono if we're plus size? I have found that even if I get my measurements all correct, that buying online is still a big gamble since the size of kimono will be still too small even if i match their sizing chart or even go they next size up... This makes it hard to find accurate or trustworthy places v_v;; and another specific problem that I have, is that in the one kimono I own that barely fits measurement wise when I stand - after I'm all tied in the obi and looking nice, I can't sit down at all. The way my hips are are much wider than the rest of my body (I'm like a pear shape) when I sit. This pulls on the fabric in a way that opens the bottom up unintentionally and shifts the whole thing kinda diagonally. and I have to readjust the whole outfit after each time sitting. I bought a susoyoke and tried more padding to like... even out my waist to my hips more but I just can't figure out how to make it work and look nice. I want to confidently wear kimono out of the house but as of right now with little to no guidance online for plus size people it's been really hard, I haven't found any plus size kitsuke content creators to follow either so I hope that maybe you'd be able to recommend or do a video about this topic. I, and probably many others, would really appreciate it coming from a reliable source! Arigatou! - K.M.Hush (they/them)

[@charlottelee1152]

The third outfit is stunning! My question is...did you hide your phone in the sleeve? I did that before and have it dropped out. Any trick to keep them safe when not bring a bag?

[@Chinhann]

Hi Billy! I wonder what size you made your hanhaba in cm? New ones always have 17-17.5cm and they always press my stomach so hard😂 (and it doesn’t look good unfortunately) I’m 168cm so people suggest the new ones to me and old ones are too short for me😢

[@L0R3NtheS0URL3M0N]

How tight should the obi be? I feel I always struggle being comfortable because it's either a tad tight, or it feels rather loose.. (for yukata- obi is about 12ft long..)

[@rruu3674]

sensugayosugiru🤩

[@carolynnicholls7551]

Thank you for the video. Can you purchase these kimonos online, I’m in the US.

[@elizebeths.8880]

It gets expensive shipping wise, fyi

[@Contessamy]

They're all fantastic! I'm Impressed you managed, considering how hot it is! I was just curious: are most of your summer obi lined? ( the kimono is unlikely lined, and haori as well unlined, so I was wondering) I loved the snow flakes haori so much!

[@BillyMatsunaga]

I’m wearing kimono every day, so it’s getting more and more manageable. Btw, there are no lined summer kimono. I’ve done a video about summer kimono several years ago, make sure to check it out to learn more 😊

[@Contessamy]

@@BillyMatsunaga I have seen it, and definitely have learnt a lot! In fact I have seen all your videos (they're so good, I'm addicted). My question is regarding summer obi, whether to line it or now, as it is hot ( I bought a summer nagoya obi bolt to make it into a kimono, after seeing your video about making a nagoya, but I don't know whether I need to line it or not 😅)

[@myeramimclerie7869]

Hahaha your husband looks so camera shy, please don't "force" him 😂😂😂

[@BillyMatsunaga]

Lol… he’s definitely not camera shy, but he has his reasons on that day 😅

[@myeramimclerie7869]

@@BillyMatsunaga okay, good 😅

[@kiwik7232]

here first yay

[@BillyMatsunaga]

Yay!! ❤️❤️

[@veronicaveronicabruzzo7591]

Hello, could you please share also the amazon link for the linen juban?