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Bamboo Lattice Kimono Item code: wk28 Price: £29.50 Available: 0 Shipping: UK: £4.95 Europe: £14.95 Rest of World: £21.89 Delivery OUTSIDE UK: buyer MUST also purchase Mail Insurance from the site's Mail Insurance section Sold Full postage & insurance details on Postage Page Facebook Google +1

Women’s Vintage Kimono Shipping/Postage Select your world region on the Shopping Cart page. Mail/shipping insurance is REQUIRED FOR ALL ADDRESSES OUTSIDE UK and can be purchased on the Add Insurance page Note* Item's price does not include shipping or insurance. insurance is optional for UK addresses. See Postage section of site Description: A cream, hitoe kimono with black lattice and green bamboo. **Sash not included, for display purposes only Synthetic chirimen silk; the Japanese excel at making synthetic silks Fully lined in silk with a double lining (hiyoku-jitate) at the bottom and round the edge, to give the impression of layers without the overheating created by wearing layers of silk kimono Hitoe (unlined) kimono Made and bought in Japan The Japanese take great pains to store their traditional garments with the utmost care, which is why they stay in such exceptional condition. Some of my Japanese garments have large, white stitching (shitsuke) round the edges. The Japanese put these stitches in to keep the edges flat during long periods of storage, these stitches just get pulled out before wearing the garment Note - The entire collar edge of a kimono is worn folded inwards, in half. If it has a double layer collar, each is layer folded in separately, so the folded edge of the inner collar shows slightly at the folded edge of the outer one, to look as though one is wearing layers of kimonos. Most collars need to be folded when the kimono is put on. Some have a press stud at the neck,to hold it in place, some are stitched already folded down. One usually wears an eri-shin (stiffener) inside the collar, to help it hold its shape when worn the traditional way, with the collar pulled down at the back of the neck. The younger the woman is, the lower the collar is worn at the back Length: all kimonos are traditionally shortened by wearing them with a tie round the waist and a big section of kimono pulled over it and folded down, so the fold shows below the sash. If you don’t want to do that each time you put it on and it is too long without it, you can either stitch that fold permanently in place at the waist or you can just take up a hem . Taking up the hem on a kimono is very easy; you don’t have to cut it so there is no raw edge to fold in when sewing it. Just put it on and put on a sash to hold it closed and work out the length you want and pin the hem up with just a couple of pins at the front while you have it on, then take it off , lay it flat on the floor and pin the same amount up all the way along the hem. It can then be quickly stitched with fairly big stitches, which won’t show when the kimono is on. The stitches I did on my own hemmed kimonos are about an inch apart, so it doesn’t take long to do. I hand sew mine but you could machine sew it if you don’t mind stitches showing on the outside **If shown with a sash, the sash is not included; for display purposes only, to let you see it closed, however, all kimono require an obi or some sort of sash to hold them closed; these are always bought separately. Think of it like a skirt and blouse, you can't wear either on its own, you buy them separately and mix and match Please be aware that different monitors display colour slightly differently. The colour in the photos and descriptions is a guide only Click here to see how to adjust kimono length the traditional way (opens in a new window, leaving this one open) Condition: Excellent Measurements: Sleeve end to sleeve end 128 cm Sleeve seam to sleeve seam 62cm Length 152 cm Weight about 0.6 kilo The woman in the photos is 125 cm from wrist to wrist and 156 cm from middle finger tip to middle finger tip Japanese clothing is usually of adjustable fit, being mostly wrap-over or tie-to-fit items, so most garments fit a range of sizes. Because of this (and only really knowing my own size anyway) I can't really advise anyone on the fit. Please judge from the measurements given Photos: Click each small image below to see an enlargement, which opens in a new window, leaving this one open If shown with a sash, the sash is not included; for display purposes only ------------------------------------ Pretty examples of Japanese kimonos worn the traditional way (not the kimono for sale in this listing). The white kimono below is worn with the usual nagoya obi with an obijime cord on top of the sash and obiage at the top of it but is also worn with a long, red shigoki below the obi. Currency conversion by XE.com will allow you to check prices in all currencies; please note, the conversion will be approximate, as it depends on what exchange rate Paypal is offering at the time of purchase, but it provides a very good guide. Just type in the price on the xe.com page, select from GBP United Kingdom Pounds in the first box and your currency in the other box, then click Go. Payments to be made in UK GBP (£); select UK GBP in Paypal when making a payment NOTE* Postage prices are without additional, optional insurance, which can be purchased separately on the Postal Insurance pages. When you have finished selecting your purchases just choose the insurance cover for your country, that matches the total (purchase + postage) in your shopping basket. Insurance is optional but please note, no refund can be given if an item is lost in the post without insurance cover taken out. All UK destination mail is automatically covered up to a maximum of £32 per parcel. (See postage and insurance pages for full details - links in the left side page menu) One must bear in mind that most are vintage items, which I strive to describe accurately and honestly. A very few smell of mothballs or a touch of vintage mustiness, most do not. This can be aired out and this can be speeded up by tumble drying the dry garment at warm. I usually mention it in the listing if one does but one must bear it in mind as a possibility when buying vintage and antique items. Please be aware that different monitors display colour slightly differently, so colour in photos is purely a guideline, as I can't foresee how your monitor will display it. While I try to describe colour sometimes, a description often conjours up one colour to one person but may suggest a different colour to another, so, again, colour description is just a guide to colour. Therefore I do not accept returns or exchanges due to any mothball/vintage smell or minor flaws mentioned in the description. The fit can be judged by measurements given Back to top

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