Rare Antique Silk Chinese Wedding Set designer-thea-porter The dress is fully lined

The dress is fully lined in a paler coral silky rayon

The rows between the gold are actually semi sheer but you get enough coverage from the tightly spaced rows to feel decent when wearing it

Fully lined in a matching silky rayon and closes with fabric covered buttons and loops at the front

buttons down the front and each cuff has a button to close

Watanabe made it look dreamily pretty

Rare Antique Silk Chinese Wedding Set designer-thea-porter The dress is fully linedThis is somewhat outside of my usual realm so though I know these are at least turn of the century I cannot give an exact date they could be far older! No matter what the exact date, I do know that both of these pieces are utterly suburb example of antique Chinese textiles and you would be hard pressed to find pieces in this league and quality anymore! The jacket is hand down the best embroidered piece I have had in the shop to date. Red silk is