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A hakama is just a piece of cloth. There's nothing special about it except for that which people place onto it.
At our dojo, we're allowed to wear a hakama whenever you want to regardless of rank or gender. In fact, all of the schools I've regulardly trained at have had this policy as well. I think I was 6th or 5th kyu when I started wearing my hakama...
There are other schools I've been to which have stricter rules that follow their own tradition and I'm OK with that. To each their own, I think...
-- Jun
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