Citrus Phoenix Kimono

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A vintage silk crepe kimono with a very pretty design of traditional motifs & birds in orange, lemon & pale green shades on an off-white background with gold shusu embroidery highl ights. This kimono has a hanakuitori - a flower-eating bird', a motif that was adopted from Chinese art. If you look carefully you will see the mythical phoenix hidden in amongst the flowers of the design. The kimono has an white silk inner and tangerine ombre silk hakkake (the inner cuff and hem of the lining). Shusu embroidery is the process in which metallic thread made of foil applied to thin membrane wrapped around silk thread is ‘couched’, laid on fabric & secured with tiny stitches of fine silk thread The Detail One of a kind Wraps to close Shusu embroidery 100% silk exterior & lining The Fit 122 cm wingspan 53 cm sleeve depth 60 cm back width 145 cm length Care Dry clean only Show more