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holy shi

My Yukata

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holy shi
, 03-23-12 at 02:11 PM (1269 Views)
  
Upon opening my package containing a new yukata I ordered from Japan today, it appears the seller mistakenly placed two in. I've bought quite a lot from him in the past year. My other yukata is black and my pre-tied obi and geta came with that one. My other order was a vintage kimono with the underwear part, tabi, and some other little things needed to wear. I'm not sure what to do with this extra yukata, because I feel bad keeping it. Both are the same. Both times that I've ordered yukata I ordered them from the clearance section because I liked the selection there most.

He's a very good seller, and there are some other questions I'd like to ask pertaining to ironing my obi. I only want one obi for right now, and because it's been stored away for almost a year, it's got a few creases. I've found some places stating what to do as well, and will check what his website says after. I could use a steamer, but I don't think we have one yet. :B My mother plans on getting me one for when I move out, so maybe we could purchase it early. I also need to keep sure my kimono doesn't get any wrinkles or I'll have to take it to a dry cleaners (never been to one, but they have them where I live in the summer). The two yukata both have some ugly looking wrinkles on the front part that need to be fixed. My black yukata has never been folded properly, but it refuses to wrinkle (it's a bit bulkier than the two white ones).

I'm kind of unsure what to do as of right now. If we send it back, one of us is going to have to pay a hefty shipping charge. :/ I know he'll communicate well with us, although his English is not at all that great, and I don't want to rip him off that much. I'd like to iron it first before sending it back too.

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  1. holy shi's Avatar
    Should also mention if my kimono wrinkled, I would cry, because I don't want it to lose its old smell. It's not musty, kind of... softly perfumed. It's so beautiful. T_T But I'm worried on what to do with my obi and yukata.
  2. Guybrush888's Avatar
    Can't you steam the wrinkles out of them, via an iron or hand held steamer?

    I know on delicate fabrics you can put a thick towel over the item, then use an iron on its steam setting to get the wrinkles out.

    Tough decision about shipping the item back. I would just let him know, and most likely he will just say to keep it if you have been a prior customer. Shipping is pretty bad, I know when I order my geta the shipping is like 45 bucks.
  3. holy shi's Avatar
    Shipping for him usually costs 16$, but it arrives lightning quick. He shipped my item on Monday, but it came in the mail today. Normally it takes ten working days for anything from Asia to come in the mail for me, but I think he must have a pretty good way of mailing it quick.

    Yeah, I can, but I'm just worried about my kimono and obi that way because of the silk. We don't have a hand held steamer yet but my mom plans on buying one soon. The material of the yukata makes it easy for the fabric to wrinkle. I'm just worried about using my iron since it's an old iron, it's been around for about as long as I have, the back part covering the water is lost and it leaves a not-so-good smell. So I guess I'll just wait on the steamer.

    I think we're going to notify him, or at least let him know this time next week if he hasn't realized. My mom is just worried about whether or not to ship it back. She doesn't want to pay for it, but she doesn't want him to either. She'd rather just pay the 60$ for it. I'd like to order new geta too, but sadly not from him, since my feet are a little too big for the ones he sells. But his geta are super nice.
  4. holy shi's Avatar
    I'd like to order a furisode from him someday, once I've got the money for one, to have as a keepsake for my future daughter or daughter-in-law. I want to collect antiques, but I plan on living overseas and don't want to bring my current ones with me. I'm worried over how I'll manage to store away a furisode and all my kimono because I don't want to wrinkle them badly. :/ Since I'm going to university, I need them stored in a way to keep them unwrinkled. I wonder if there is anyway to set up for the museum to take in some of the vintage items when I do go.. They have a lot of things Japanese there, so I'm just wondering if there's anywhere they could store them for me and I could pay them.
  5. Sakiya Rumei's Avatar
    Pics, nao.
  6. holy shi's Avatar
    When I get my kimono on, I will. I'm debating getting stuff to dress it up any. Maybe one of the floral pins I found in stores near me. If they were knitted, that'd be nice too.
  7. Guybrush888's Avatar
    Dunno if you checked karankoron.com or not. I get my geta from that guy, and he has a large variety of styles and you can pick from a selection of hanao. They carry bigger sizes pretty often.
  8. holy shi's Avatar
    Nope, I haven't hecked there I don't think. I will though. I'd like zori this time instead of geta. I'm going to use my geta for graduation as long as I feel comfortable in them. henh