The shell of this jacket comes from a very old nagajuban (a lightweight, unlined silk kimono worn as an undergarment or loungewear) that I took apart. Numerous hand-stitched repairs and reinforcements were made to the original garment, and one features prominently on the back seam. Normally nagajuban feature strong geometric patterns, birds of prey, and/ or craggy mountains, but this one is unusual in its playful depiction of frolicking children and infants. I made the lining from another very old kimono fabric: fragments of silk damask with a shibori-dyed floral pattern from my collection. I quilted it with all natural wool batting and silk habotai backing. From the neckline to the back hem measures 22." From the neckline to the sleeve hem measures 31." And from armpit to armpit measures 26."
