Ladies Kimono, ca. 1925 #verygoodcondition The skirt ends in a

The skirt ends in a train

An especially interesting detail is the dress’s professional restoration: the original beaded layer was carefully sewn onto a new

Discreet underarm stains

The jacket closes with silk tie strings

Two years later

Ladies Kimono, ca. 1925 #verygoodcondition The skirt ends in aElegant black and red silk kimono, circa 1925. Beautifully embroidered with a floral and leaf motif in red and cream. Very matching with the red silk lining. Typical pagoda sleeves; belt. Very well preserved. Internal reform forces and pressure from colonial forces ended Japan's isolation in 1854. Trade began again. In Europe, a "craze" for all things Japanese set in. It was to be called Japonism in art and fashion. The loving aesthetics of the