Japanese Garu fashion/Kimono aficionado anyone?

[Kimonogirl]

and on annother note ,when I was still in alaska I would go to mad myrnas in anchorage for the trans shows and a lot of guys would show up in kilts ,great way to wear a skirt so to say and not as well with no one the wiser
hugs phyli

Kilt?! I would wear AUTHENTIC Sarafan, Dirndl, Bunad instead....

You may want to try this site: http://www.goodorient.com/

Mostly what they seem to carry is Cheongsam and Quipao, but they do take custom measurements. (not inexpensive, though).

Samples in the site worry me, no offence. Most of them did NOT look like authentic clothes.....?!

- They are! (I'm ethnic Chinese myself and have at least one of those from what I can only assume is a Singaporean brand.)

I can attest to Katey referencing Taipei though, there are plenty of custom tailors there. That being said, I do think the flexibility in tailoring might well be due to the entrenchment of gender roles.

When I visit Taipei, I'll bring blue print patterns of female yukata so tailors makes ones closer to authentic stuffs.... Thank you