you should watch some of the wonderful videos collected by The Immortal Geisha website.
http://www.immortalgeisha.com/videos_01.php
I highly recommend the fourth clip from the bottom, "Twelve Layer Kimono Dressing" which shows how kimonos are layered.
You also will enjoy watching the third clip from the bottom, "Traditional Japanese Katsura Stylist" which shows a man dressing a traditional Japanese wig, or katsura. This is what our geisha is wearing, a highly stylized and carefully composed wig.
Finally, don't miss the short four-part series entitled "Sakurako - Asakura Geisha" which shows a 25-year old modern geisha putting on her white makeup and being dressed by her maid in kimono and obi.
Many of the videos I wanted to see are File Not Found when you click on the link but luckily the ones above are still there for our viewing pleasure and to help us understand the Japanese tradition and beauty I'm trying to recreate in needlepoint.
Jane/Chilly Hollow
Main blog at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/chillyhollow
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