Oshare Farm Style

I don't know if it's all that common anymore but farm women in Japan during the War era often wore "monpei," or large baggy pants to work in the fields. Even though it's 2011, I was also expected to wear monpei to work every day:


Sometimes when we were working in the fields we also wore these stylish bonnet things. Even though we looked like old people, they were pretty good about keeping the sun off our faces. There was also the option to wear arm sleeves. Mine were a little too small so I opted not to wear them. Who wants a band of tan around their upper arm anyway???