{"id":237,"date":"2011-10-23T02:59:01","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T02:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpunk.net\/sushibits\/?p=237"},"modified":"2012-06-15T11:37:03","modified_gmt":"2012-06-15T11:37:03","slug":"from-marthe-to-maiko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpunk.net\/sushibits\/from-marthe-to-maiko\/","title":{"rendered":"From Marthe to Maiko"},"content":{"rendered":"

I celebrated my birthday in a very special way this year: me and my twinsister Dorith did a Maiko makeover! A Maiko is an apprentice Geisha, with a beautiful white face and red lips, elaborate hairpieces and a really colourful kimono. We’ve seen them strolling around in Kyoto, but what is it like to dress up like that? Dorith and I wanted to know, and we went to a place called “Yumekoubou” for our Maiko transformation!<\/p>\n

The whole thing took about 2.5 hours, it’s quite some work to get all the makeup and dressing done! First, they put on a thick layer of white makeup on our faces, including the back of our necks. It looked very ghostly :)<\/p>\n

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White makeup all over<\/p><\/div>\n

After that, they apply the makeup consisting of red and black lines. When I opened my eyes I could hardly recognize myself :)<\/p>\n

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Next step: colourful makeup!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dorith gets beautiful red lips<\/p><\/div>\n

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I look so scared: So many kimonos to choose from! :)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Then, we chose our kimonos. My sister had a beautiful dark blue one and I went for bright red. A Maiko kimono consists of many layers and all in all it’s a very heavy thing to wear. Also we felt a bit like presents, being wrapped up in beautiful paper, haha.<\/p>\n

Lastly, they put on the wigs. They’re like helmets, fully ornamented and also, very heavy!<\/p>\n

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A very heavy wig!<\/p><\/div>\n

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And now we are Maiko! On high sandals, we walked around a bit (you’re barely able to move in the kimono since it’s so tight) and made some pictures before going to the professional photoshoot. A photographer made tons of pictures, with many props and different poses. The photos turned out really nice :-)<\/p>\n

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After an hour or so, we got quite tired of the heavy dress and wig, and decided to turn back in to our blonde selves :). But we had a great time, it was so much fun ^^<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I celebrated my birthday in a very special way this year: me and my twinsister Dorith did a Maiko makeover! A Maiko is an apprentice Geisha, with a beautiful white face and red lips, elaborate hairpieces and a really colourful kimono. We’ve seen them strolling around in Kyoto, but what is it like to dress …<\/p>\n

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