YokoDana Kimono: Vintage Bulk Kimono & Japanese Fabrics Blog http://yokodana.com/blog News and information about YokoDana.com, Vintage Kimono Fabrics, and more Mon, 07 May 2012 15:33:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1180 http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1180#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 15:31:19 +0000 yokodana http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1180 Thanks to everyone who came out to see us in DC, Philadelphia & Brooklyn, we always enjoy meeting web fans/customers FTF at our venues. Next Stop Philadelphia this coming Friday-Saturday (May 11-12): We’re doing Zenkaikon again this year and we’ll be bringing long kimonos (some men’s also), vintage kimono coats and our usual offerings of hand-made accessories, fabrics for cosplayers etc. This is our first all-Anime show of the year. It’s in Oaks, PA, northwest of the city. Details: http://www.zenkaikon.com/

Remember, print this out  to get web discount if you shop with us at any of our venues. Hope to see you there.идея за подарък

]]> http://yokodana.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1180 0 Next Stop Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, Sat.& Sunday 4/28-4/29 http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1178 http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1178#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:34:57 +0000 blogadmin http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1178 We’ll be in the Magnolia Plaza this weekend for the wonderful Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Cherry Blossom Festival. We’re bringing haori & michiyuki (Kimono coats, all authentic Japanese vintage), vintage kimono fabrics and a trove of hand-made accessories we made from  our vintage kimono fabrics; including some lovely intricate kanzashi made by Yoko’s sister in Japan, a master-level kimono maker. We’re open 11:ooam to 5:00pm.  And… If you come see us and shop, please bring a printout of this to be eligible for venue discount; please give to us when checking out.

BBG has a rich array of cultural events, a wonderful event for Japanophiles. Hope to see you there!Откъде да купя икона

]]> http://yokodana.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1178 0 Bloomfest in Branchbrook Park, Belleville, NJ http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1172 http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1172#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:29:12 +0000 blogadmin http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1172 WEATHER ALERT: Event was cancelled by organizers due to weather.

Venues Schedule

]]> http://yokodana.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1172 0 Cherry Blossom Festival Time (DC, Philly,NJ,NY); New Bulk Kimono Pkgs http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1164 http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1164#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:07:17 +0000 yokodana http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1164 We’ve been super busy preparing for this spring’s cherry blossom festivals, starting with the Washington, DC on Saturday and Philadelphia on Sunday (April 14,15th). Also we’ve been filling a lot of A Package orders and in the course of sorting have accumulated enough to offer a new type bulk kimono package to those following our blog and social network pages, as well as re-offer one package we’ve had in the past, solid-black kimono package.
A. NEW BULK KIMONO PACKAGE:

“G Package” — Girls Colorful Kimono & Girls’ Red Underkimono(nagajuban) Package;

$110.00 for 10lbs package; Details at: http://www.yokodana.com/gpackage.htm

B. SB PACKAGE:

“SB Package”, Solid black women’s kimono, NOT ornate type (kurotomesode).

$105.00 for 10lbs package; Details at:http://www.yokodana.com/sbpackage.htm

2. VENUE DISCOUNTS:

If you come to shop with us at any of our venues (link to schedule is below) please bring a print out of this page  to take advantage of show discounts. Please present prior to checking out.

NOTE: On Saturday in Washington DC our booth is on the north side of Pennsylvania Ave. near the 10th street/Penn Ave. entrance, the Eastern end of the festival area. Please see links and details on this and other venues at:

VENUES: http://www.yokodana.com/venues
Thanks again for your interest and we hope to see some of you face-to-face at our venues, always our pleasure to meet our web visitors, fans and customers. Happy Spring!

]]> http://yokodana.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1164 0 Major Fabrics Update Completed; Sale Page additions http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1160 http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1160#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:18:32 +0000 blogadmin http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1160 Finally caught up the fabrics section. We’ve added mostly panels and pieces, including some lovely silks, a ‘kit’ for making a yukata(summer kimono), nagajuban roll(mock-silk), cottons for quilters and others.

Also, as part of site housecleaning, we moved more fabrics onto page 1, 50% off.

Links:

50% off page(pg 1)

Newest Additions, page 4

Sample Pics, Facebook PageХудожник

]]> http://yokodana.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1160 0 Site Updates in progress: Fabric pieces section http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1150 http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1150#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:12:32 +0000 blogadmin http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1150 We’ve started updating the fabric pieces/panels section. This means we’ve added to the 50% off page and also started by adding 5 lovely silks to top of page 4. We will be steadily updating fabrics over the next few days. We’ll post here  and our Facebook Page when the bulk of these updates are completed. Here are a couple:

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]]> http://yokodana.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1150 0 Office Hours: Jan.11-15th http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1145 http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1145#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:07:32 +0000 blogadmin http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1145 We will be closed and off-line from Wednesday, January 11th, returning Monday, January 16, 2012. All orders received as of January 9th have been shipped.  Order confirmations and replies to queries, emails etc will resume upon our return, in order received.

]]> http://yokodana.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1145 0 Happy 2012! Shipping Schedule, Office Hours for Remainder of Holiday http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1138 http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1138#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:52:33 +0000 blogadmin http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1138 We are presently shipping orders but are only in the office a few hours daily. As of this post all orders submitted have been shipped. We return to full schedule  on Tuesday, January 3, 2012.

We want to thank all our great customers and fans who supported us again this past year and wish everyone a truly Happy New Year 2012.

]]> http://yokodana.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1138 0 Two Day Sale — 50% Off Most Fabric Pieces http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1133 http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1133#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:35:05 +0000 blogadmin http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1133 Two Days Only Sale!

VINTAGE JAPANESE KIMONO FABRICS SALE:  We are extending the 50% off sale we currently have on page one of our fabrics section to include 50% off most fabrics on the other pages (p2 – 5). The only exception being 4359 and a few antique textiles included in this section.

Terms of Sale:

  1. 50% off fabrics on  pages 2 through 5 of Fabrics section of our site.
  2. Page 1 is already on sale 50% off.
  3. Minimum total of order must be $15.00
  4. Exceptions: Antique textiles (such as 4359 tsutsugaki) are 20% off.
  5. No holds please.
  6. Sale ends 11:59PM, December 5, 2011 (Eastern USA Time)/ 03:59Z (GMT), Dec. 6, 2011).
  7. Orders must be submitted via our secure order form.

Relevant links:

]]> http://yokodana.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1133 0 Back in the office…. http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1118 http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1118#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:57:59 +0000 blogadmin http://yokodana.com/blog/?p=1118 We’ll be back in the office, checking orders/emails etc, this evening (Nov.28) after a lengthy mini-vacation/holiday. Hope all our USA folks had a nice Thanksgiving holiday. We’ll be working on catching up with orders and then adding fabrics to the fabric section of the site.

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