Geisha wear the flat-soled sandal "zori" outdoors and wear only "tabi" (white split-toed socks) indoors.
Apprentice geisha, also called maiko, wear their special geta (see below) with tabi to accommodate the "hanao".
Kimono are generally worn with traditional footwear (especially "zri" or "geta") and split-toe socks ("tabi").
Both men and women wear kimono of plain black silk with five "kamon" over white undergarments and white "tabi".
Note that tabi and jiki-tabi should preferably match the colour of the hakama.
She was forced to practice in thin clothing, without "tabi" socks.
Footwear traditionally consisted of "tabi" socks and "geta" (wooden clogs), or "waraji" straw sandals.
The word is obsolete or archaic, the common term for travel, trip journey being "tabi".
