Vintage Kimono or Dressing Gown rare pucci It's a black shantung waist

It's a black shantung waist --that is

The sleeves are also extra long and cuffed

such is my love of Visible Mending

opened in Houston in 1917 and sadly sold in the late 1980s and finally shuttered in 1990

Vintage Kimono or Dressing Gown rare pucci It's a black shantung waistFROM ALISON ATTENBOROUGH'S CLOSET A kimono that really is best worn as a dressing gown, though you can style it as here, and definitely turn some heads. It's in a crepe fabric that could well be silk, but I cannot be sure, and it's lined in plain off white cotton. No fastenings, no labels. There's a tiny hole on the lower right side and a few faint stains to the lining. For some reason I am convinced this is early 1960s. I could be wrong, but I am