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Post by Otagiri Tatsuzou on Oct 13, 2005 17:34:50 GMT -5
I've been looking at a lot of Momoyama kosode lately and it looks to me like the typical sleeve width (along the body) is 1/3 the length of the kosode.
Sound about right to you?
Do you know of any interesting exceptions?
Interestingly, most of the kosode I've seen where the sleeve width (along the body) is about 25% of the length of the kosode, the garment is labeled late seventeenth or eighteenth century.
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Oct 13, 2005 17:48:08 GMT -5
[Snicker] This is what comes of hanging around with girls when you could've been hitting people with rattan at KWCRS.
Sleeve shapes and dimensions get squarer and shorter the later you go - unless you're talking about furisode for women, which again is an Edo period fashion.
Have you noticed that the sleeve length (shoulder seam to wrist) is narrower than the body panels?
Come to the Dark Side, little boy. We dress well and throw better parties. ;->
S.
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Post by Inoue Tsukiko on Oct 13, 2005 22:32:05 GMT -5
Have you noticed that the sleeve length (shoulder seam to wrist) is narrower than the body panels?
Sometimes it seems a bit odd with a kind of abrupt end visually. My brain keeps thinking there should be more, and instead is met with a blank. I'm getting used to it, but it does grab me every time.
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