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			<title>A Passion for Kimono</title>
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			<description>Features and blog posts by freelance writers Patricia and Steve Mansfield-Devine</description>
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				<title>Kimono diary - August 21</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ The usumono months are not yet over ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:53:18 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Brown meisen with holly berries and leaves</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ This brown meisen komon has a most unusual pattern ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:13:44 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Playing with obis</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ Here are my first attempts at tying a taiko musubi. Not bad for a beginner, I think.  ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:14:07 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Kimono gallery part three - wovens</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ Woven kimono from the Taisho and Showa periods are about my favourite kimono of all time ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:18:15 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Kimono diary - August 13</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ 19 degrees and windy - time for kasuri ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Kimono gallery  part two - komons</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ Everyday kimono make up the vast majority of my collection. Here are the komons - printed, painted and shibori'ed ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:08:33 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Kimono gallery - part one, haregi</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ Here is my kimono collection - hope you enjoy it ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:28:43 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Kimono diary - August 12</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ Cream ro but now needing a haori ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Dating kimono</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ Every garment has clues as to the date of its origin ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:43:46 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Kimono by season</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ Deciding what to wear and when is a fine art in kimono, so it's worth creating a rough guide for yourself ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:46:25 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Black wool ensemble with zigzags</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ My first ensemble is made from tough wool tsumugi ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:34:48 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Blue and straw stripe Taisho Roman</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ This 1920s striped kimono is very elegant and subtle ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:19:45 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Brown arabesque komon, blue stripe komon</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ These quiet komons are two of my most-worn kimono ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:00:28 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Cream houmongi with gold embroidery</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ This houmongi feels as beautiful to wear as I hoped it would ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:27:37 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Black omeshi with red and white oblique stripes</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ This everyday kimono probably dates from the 1950s or 1960s ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:16:42 -0600</pubDate>
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