Hair by Charlie!

So I finally figured out why my hit count has been so unusually high lately - people are searching for Charlie Price and his online appointment scheduler and amazingly, the first ranking link on Google is my blog entry from 2005.

Well, Charlie's got his own setup now, called - appropriately enough - Hair by Charlie. The grand opening was last night and plans are already afoot for a second salon located just a little farther north - in Plano!

Congratulations Charlie! I wish you all kinds of success!

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I am just DROOLING over some of the beautiful kimono I'm seeing lately on kimonoichiba.com! I've been looking for a slighty more formal kimono and the choices come down to mainly tsukesage and houmongi (visiting wear) Check these out:

Just LOOK at the shimmering weave on this houmongi! Have you ever seen a more gorgeous bokashi-gradient effect!?

View more shimmery details here.

Shibori Alert! Think of this as a sort of poor-man's tsujigahana...
Poor in that this houmongi only costs $750 - BEFORE tailoring, lining, etc. The final price is probably $300-400 more.

No details on this one - already sold!

I love this site. I love to snag their high-quality images, pull them into PhotoShop and dream up another perfect ensemble, like this, or this, or god yes, THIS for summer. Sort of like electronic paper dolls, but for (wierd) adults.

I really wish Kimono Ichiba worked with international customers (they do not, I asked). Not that I actually have $1500 laying around for an expensive kimono right now. I've been stocking up on awase (lined) kimono for the last 3 months (pics to come) and I think I'd better attend to my western wardrobe now, because it's becoming a little shabby by comparison. But a girl can dream...and scheme.