brynndragon | Hanfu Part 2 (Reply)

Through sheer force of will, I managed to make Google cough up something that helped the pieces fall into place: scroll down near the bottom. I think I have enough random cloth lying around to play with it and see if I can make something sufficiently like what I want. For one thing I want one-piece robes rather than a bodice-skirt set, as it's far more unisex (what can I say, I'm a unisex kinda gal). I'm trying to decide if I want to go for two layers of it (which is more formal) or if I want to have a tunic cut similarly to the robe (just shorter and likely with short sleeves) and pants (which would be traditional if I was a guy). I'm guessing I'd be happiest running around the woods in pants. The pants will be either dull brown or black (leaning towards dull brown) and I think I want to make another hanfu in the same color with more narrow sleeves and no fancy edging that I can wear over leather/padded armor and ninja in the night (unless I get lazy and buy a plain black Tai Chi uniform). See, this is what happens when I want to play a healer and a ninja, I just play a healer-ninja and call it good ;P. My next concerns are shoes, hairstyle, and a ninja hood (I think I can do that with a properly-sized tube of cloth - again, something to play with).

Now I just need to get my hands on a functional sewing machine. Hey