Traditionally, what would a young lady wear to work in a restaurant / bar? I was originally thinking an informal kimono, but I think I may have been wrong. A hanten? A hippari?
And related, what would she wear at home to do things like housework? I’m thinking I have an excuse to rewatch Spirited Away and other Miyazaki movies, for purely research purposes I swear. =^.^=
When and where? I mean what era and what kind of restaurant? What social class she belongs to? It might vary a lot.
Traditionally, I’m not even sure you’d find women working in bars at all. They didn’t exactly have bars for the most part anyway. They had similar things, but drinking was done a bit differently in the social sense, so…
It’s not actually set in Japan. Or this world. But it works out to about modern semi-rural Japan (more or less ish). But she’s rather old-fashioned and formal (and her boyfriend is a samurai), so she’s wears kimono or Japanese clothes everyday.
It’s kinda a mom-and-pop restaurant, with all of three or four employees. She’s in her twenties. Social class? I dunno. I guess whatever miko would be (it’s… complicated).
I’m currently thinking informal kimono (komon with nagoya) when she’s acting as hostess, hanten when she’s being a waitress, and grungier hanten / hippari when she’s cooking. Does that sound about right?
Thanks! That second link is probably perfect!