Pet Clothes

Now a days, a lot of Japanese dress their pets, especially dogs. There are many clothes for pets, but these are quite expensive. I have a dog and some handmade clothes.
Picture from http://www.mariateresa.jp/index.html



This is my dog, Will. When I was 16 years old, my parents bought him as my birthday present. Do you know the movie, "Pirate of the Caribbean"? There is a character named Will. Will is played by Orlando Bloom. I like him, so I named my dog Will.






My mother made this dress. It was made of a broken umbrella. She dresses Will when she walks in the rain or after rain.

Jyunihitoe

Jyunihitoe is a formal dress of a Japanese noble lady in the Heian Period. Ladies put on layers of kimono, and the gross weight of the kimono is about 20 kilograms. It is said that there were some people who could not walk because of the weight of their kimono. "Jyuni" means twelve, but in fact, ladies do not wear twelve kimono.

There are a lot of combination of colors and it matched by seasons or events. For example, this is colors for spring and it is images of cherry blossom.


This is colors for summer, and it is images of pink.





This is colors for fall,and it is images of maple.

This is colors for winter, and it is images of walnut.
These are only a few examples. There are more than 200
combinations of colors.


Pictures from http://www.kimono-japan.co.jp/jidaiisyo/01.html