RARE UNUSED, VINTAGE, JAPANESE KIMONO, LINED, SILKY BROCADE, DRESSING GOWN ROBE

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RARE UNUSED, VINTAGE, JAPANESE KIMONO, LINED, SILKY BROCADE, DRESSING GOWN ROBE :
$55.94

FABULOUS, RARE TO FIND, UNUSED, PINK SILKY POLYESTER BROCADE, WOVEN GOD CHRYSANTHEMUMS ON PINK BACKGROUND , JAPANESE-MADE, KIMONO-STYLE DRESSING GOWN / ROBE - Long Length, Fully Lined with matching Belt - ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS - Beautiful design of Traditional Japanese Flowers Circa 1980s.

I believe this fabulous robe was bought as a souvenir from Japan in the 1980s and then put away and never used. It has been carefully stored because it looks brand new.

You are offered a vintage but unused, beautiful, feminine, top quality, fine, silk brocade-like (but actually polyester), Japanese-made, kimono- style, dressing gown / robe.
The outer fabric is fabulous. The base colour is lustrous and silky in a lovely, deep hot pink with a tiny speck of gold throughout giving a subtle sparkle.
The pattern is all woven like a silk brocade and shows traditional style, long petalled, chrysanthemum flowers in metallic gold, golden yellow and silvery threads.
The fabric looks very much like silk brocade and I was surprised to see the label saying \'polyester\'.

This robe is fully lined in white glossy polyester. This is a bonus because contemporary robes of this kind are seldom lined nowadays.

I was told this robe was bought in the late 1980s as a souvenir from Japan and put away and never worn. This story is supported by the maker\'s label which is of an older style and just shows \" Made in Japan\" and 100% polyester.
The underside of the label shows a flower logo which I recognise as being from a company called Sakurai Shoji who still make kimono style robes today.

However, they no longer make brocade type or lined robes. In fact, lined brocade robes similar to this are not made anymore at all.
There is a care label in the lower lapel which shows Japanese symbols showing the item can be handwashed or machine washed at 30 degrees (treat as a delicate). Also that it should be ironed at a temperature between 80°C - 120°C. These symbols were first universally adopted around the 1980s.

Polyester kimono style dressing gown/ robes which are made in Japan today are expensive to buy. There are no similar, lined robes currently on sale today. However, unlined polyester silky robes retail for around £70-80 and the lined ones, which are presently only available with embroidered patterns, retails for around £150.

SIZE : The length is full length (depending on your height) at 54\"/137cm long. This would fit a range of sizes as it is a wrap round style and is supposed to be \'one size fits all\' garment . I believe it will fit a range of sizes up to a maximum of UK 14 (US12). The width across the back (armpit to armpit is 24\"/61cm. The width all around the kimono from the front of one edge, all the way round the back, to the front of the other edge at waist level is around 56\"/142cm and please remember you need a good overlap at the front. The robe weighs 650g. The belt is about 73\"/186cm long.

CONDITION: It is in unused and in perfect condition. It looks like new. It is beautiful and wearable.

If you need any more information or pictures just send me a message.

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