Chapter 14 Tory’s Hair Ornaments
A few days after I was baby-sat at the gate, my mother finally finished the brand new outfit she’d been working so hard on for Tory. It’s essentially a one-piece dress, made from unbleached cloth, with a straight, clean silhouette. The hems of the neckline and sleeves are embroidered with a simple design, and the whole thing is tied together with a wide sash of cool blue cloth, accentuating the outfit.
Cute things are cute, but… it looks a little unsatisfactory to me. In Japan, when kids visit shrines on Shichi-Go-San1, the kimono and dresses that they wear are all very showy and colorful so that they’ll look good for their photos. Or, at least, that’s the image the photography studios keep feeding us in their ads.
“What do you think, Maine? Isn’t it cut
