1930s Hand Painted Silk Crepe Kimono designer-harvey-berin feel good piece of vintage

feel good piece of vintage couture

The cut of this piece is amazing and worthy of any of the great current designers who specialize in drape and cut

Waist: 12-19" flat across from seam to seam (elastic waist)

I highly suspect that this is an early Bill Blass design

1930s Hand Painted Silk Crepe Kimono designer-harvey-berin feel good piece of vintageOne of my clients is a long term kimono collector who occasionally edits their collection and I am the lucky girl who gets to have first pick! They have been collecting for years and years so the pieces are ones you rarely, if ever even get to see anymore! This is an early Japanese, made for the tourist market, crepe silk kimono. Hand screened with hauntingly beautiful floral motifs. Each design is also hand detailed with gold paint. The print is a