text, un: kickflips (with chizuru in the comments)

[strongroots]

hey.
friend is looking for references for japanese womens clothing she can wear
shes from the fourth year of keio but shes happy for anything that matches what women wear
like furisode or whatever kimonos would work here

she never got to own any and she wouldnt know how to draw an example to get one made
if anyone has one we could have a pic of would help

she's yukimura chizuru and her username is lookingforshinsengumi if you want to message her privately. shes going to be reading this

thanks.

(she can do with a girl to talk clothes with)

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Text UN: 1stStrike

[strikefirster]

Hell yeah, that's my boy.
Get it, Robby.

[strongroots]

[ Oh my god. ]

whatever youre thinking
no

text; un: lookingforshinsengumi

[tealeafs]

that is your boy
?

[ Thankfully the rest of this is going way over Chizuru's head. But that first statement, now that's what she's curious about! ]

private;

[miyagimagic]

Johnny.

Please don't do this.

text un: vi

[faceblocks]

ur robby's dad?

[someone read through the rest of the responses finally. surprising.]

text; un: taka

[retsuden]

Haruno Sakura has a furisode you could take a picture of. We both have yukatas as well, but it’s likely gotten too cold for it to be useful.

[strongroots]

that sounds great if haruno sakura doesnt mind
pics of yukata would be good too for future
she really doesnt have a lot of options

[tealeafs]

[ .. wait, that name sounds Japanese. And if they have so many, then the writer of this comment must be Japanese too, right? Or at least from a culture that's very much like it..

It's a bit of a relief to even just recognize something. ]

thank you so much
even if it may not be useful for this winter i would still be very happy to have a yukata reference for next summer

[ .. if she's still here by then, but who knows. ]

i thought trying to explain what they are like to the people who make clothes here would be really hard to do with just words..

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[manyone]

I might be able to magic one for her, though admittedly all of my experience has been with Western style clothing, even living in Japan.

[strongroots]

was there a mix of the styles?
something someone used to japanese clothing would like better than just straight western

and with few buttons

[tealeafs]

are there western style clothes in japan where you come from

[ Chizuru is so surprised by that idea that she just writes it, and sends it..

And only then realises that she forgot that novel thing she only just learned about in writing. Question marks. Time to add a healthy amount of them to compensate for forgetting. ]

????

[Text] un: QueenCobra

[abornfighter]

I'll help once you have pics.

[strongroots]

thanks

[ and then, privately: ]

if you can chat with her and help her get ideas of what else to look for thatd be great
she doesnt like the buttons or how tight everything is with the clothes in trench
dont know what shes tried but she can do better than have me clothes shop with her

[tealeafs]

[ Does Chizuru suspect there's some private conversation going on? Not in the slightest. She's not the type.

But even without that, just witnessing how brief the exchange between these two is, there's something she can't help but wonder about. ]

are you robbys friend

[adaine]

Oh, I know Chizuru. Sansa Stark could help her, I think. She's made a lot of clothes for me.

Though admittedly I don't know what Japanese is. Is that a country?

[strongroots]

yeah. earth country that has other places like united states, brazil, england around if youve heard of those

we dont have any references and theyre different from the clothes here

[tealeafs]

[ It's not like this is the first time Chizuru has come across something like this. And she knows that the worlds people come on can vary greatly, but.. it's a little startling and baffling each time around. ]

you come from a place where japan does not exist?

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[dohaeris]

[fortunately sansa has already had cause to research this! she likes furisode sleeves.]

Hallo, my name is Sansa Stark, and I make clothes by trade. I should be glad to make kimono for the Lady Chizuru, so long as she doesn't mind my wolf Lady accompanying me. I am well-versed in many styles of kimono; I made yukata for most of my friends for our tanabata festival honoring the Lady Amaterasu when she returned to the sea. I'm afraid we don't have many of the beautiful woven patterns traditional to kimono here in Trench, but everybody seemed to like my embroidery well enough. I am also well-versed in other common fashions of Trench, should either of you need anything else to wear.

I can be found at the Rookery for fittings and appointments. Either of you might ask the lantern imps to take you there.

[strongroots]

thanks for letting us know. heard of you but didnt know if you made kimonos.

what would you take for making one

text un: vi

[faceblocks]

sansa made me a cool purple yukata and tons of other stuff
but she can make anything with or without pics

[slight exaggeration there, but ...not by that much.]

hey chizuru and mystery helper
you can message lady rook (thats sansa i know i know so many names haha but its not a codename this time its a business name) her fancy professional contact is here and i can get you a deal
but shell probably already give you one

im not great at talking clothes but i can be a last resort
plenty of ppl here (hi tori) that can fill in that spot way better than me but
i bet whatever you are looking for will look cool when its done

[Text] un: QueenCobra

[abornfighter]

Group shopping trip y/y?

action;

[tealeafs]

[ Look, Chizuru trusts Robby. She knows the other wrote a good post, and he was even kind enough to get her input on it.

But when she takes out her own Omni to see the replies to said message, something about the message itself.. stands out to her..

It makes the girl gasp. Like Robby added something scandalous, rather than the most innocent possible request ever. ]

W-Wait, R-Robby! Why did you put that there?!

[ Not a single part of Chizuru sounds angry though. It's just embarrassment. Does it make her sound weird?! Or is it too much to ask on top of the other questions?! So many instant worries!! ]

[strongroots]

[ Look.

Look.

Look at this face of innocence, brows up and eyes blinking, as if this young man is so oblivious to what could be the problem here. And sure, he also looks like he's trying to restrain his smile from growing any wider, but that? That's also a part of being oblivious! ]

I figured it would be a good idea. [ Question mark question mark in his tone??? ] Don't girls do that together where you're from?

[ Talk clothes?? ]

Text; UN: Cuddlebunny

[lightthedarkness]

I have spares of both if she wants? I also have people I go to for new ones here in Trench. I'd be happy to show her the latter and let her have some of my kimonos, yukatas, and furisodes.

[tealeafs]

do you have that many

[ Chizuru is kind of impressed, honestly. Especially since the way this person is talking about them does indicate she may have a lot of them - which is something Chizuru hasn't seen much before in this place. ]

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[miyagimagic]

[ Look at that! Robby being kind and looking out for someone else, Robby taking an interest in Japanese culture?

Truly Robby at his best. Daniel can't stop an instinctive beam of pride, even though he severely questions whether he's allowed to feel it. ]

You're doing a really great thing here, Robby. [ But he is allowed to give him that compliment at least, right. :( ] And you're even learning some fascinating things about Japanese culture and history! Keio.. That's practically even before the Meiji Restoration!

[ Nerd alert. ]

[strongroots]

[ does mister larusso sound as old as robby knows he is........yes, yes he does.

kinda cringe in that overeager dad way but, it's no supporting him to get laid. ]

what year is that?

Text UN: ClickClickBloom

[onekindsoul]

I wont be of much help with finding references for the clothing.
But once you get that part figured out I can accessorize it with bits of leather or armor for some added protection.
Maybe a knife or two if she really wants to look fierce.

[strongroots]

ill leave the accessories to chizuru

but fyi chizuru she does make cool knife in boots

text; un: dovahkiin

[fusrodaaaah]

Chizuru needs clothes???

did something happen to her clothes??

i have extra they arent those kinds of clothes but I have extras if she needs them!!

[strongroots]

shes got clothes
she just wants these kind of clothes too
people wore them back home and she never got to

Text - UN: Onerthes

[onerthes]

I believe I have a few friends who might be able to help slightly better in terms of Japanese styles. The Yamato in my world were similar. I have ended up favoring a style of clothing I believe is from a land called Vietnam? I think that's right.

But I do know that styles of clothing like this can be acquired here. It might be difficult, but you should be able to convince the locals to help. They seem to appreciate the aesthetic. Or, well, one half of them does anyway.

[strongroots]

ive heard of vietnam. what are their clothes like?
is a yamato a clothing?

we planned to commission a local but we just need a reference. or anything that can help. chizuru never wore one so she doesnt know the stitching or anything like that

do you know people who made them before?