Name: HH ("Happy Homemaker")
Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn
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Artist: Tom Ford for Gucci (Spring 2003 collection)
Price: $950 from Century 21 (Retail: over $6000)
Pitch:
This kimono was featured on actor Edward Norton in the Tom Ford coffee-table book (For runway photos, see this link).
My husband and I admired Tom Ford's Asian-inspired creations for Gucci and Yves St. Laurent, and were thrilled when we chanced upon this red-and-chartreusey-gold robe in the men's clearance section at Century 21 a couple of years ago.
Unless you're Andre Leon Talley, this is not an easily wearable piece, and we knew its beauty would be best appreciated when displayed on our living room wall. My husband simply fashioned a hanger from some string and a slim wooden rod left by a previous tenant, and suspended the kimono from the old gaslight fixture....
The colors of the robe are echoed by the objects beneath: jars of gumballs, Astro Boy figurines from Japan, fluted gold lamp and Memorex Videoball television (both from Target), all displayed on a wavy mid-century bureau from Miami's Design District. Go ahead and mock my dual VCR editing "system" (I'm transferring a bunch of old family videotapes).
Anybody inspired by Tom Ford is okay in my book.
Must... not... picture.. Tom... in... open.. kimono... ;)
Somehow a genuine Japanese kimono would do more for me than a Tom Ford kimono, but the effect is lovely anyway. And I love the wavy mid-century dresser. Now coudl we lose the vcr's?
P(too) -- time for a cold shower!
while it is a nice piece, it does not have the equisiteness of an authentic high quality japanese kimono. it somehow feels like an half hearted effort, neither too modern and neither too authentic.
with 1000 dollars to spare, you might want to invest in an authentic kimono
fashion as art: brilliant
getting it on a clearance rack at C21?: GENIUS.
You had me when you referenced a Dolly Parton song.
I think that "real" kimono's are pretty interesting to start with, and that they look nice when hung like this. This Tom Ford one is, then, a fun refreshing twist on that idea, because it's kind of kicky, and although I am not a fan of baskets, I do, nonetheless, like how much like an overscale basket that dresser looks.
Frank--
ALWAYS time for a cold shower. Pass the soap. Then dry off and put on this kimono... ;)
Curtis:
"Tom Ford," "overscale basket," and "look nice when hung like this" all in one post...!?!? What, you trying to KILL me?!?!? ;)
huh. I thought it was a real one. all you fashion aficionados...
LOL... [All bow to p(too).]