Furisode Kimono dress gown and string belt upcycled from Japanese kimono "aka, shibori, DRE008" ICHIYOURAIFUKU Lining design: 小鍛冶 kokaji

Lining design: 小鍛冶 kokaji

They are "yarn-dyed kimonos" = "ORI"  and  "post-dyed kimonos" = "SOME"

This check pattern is called "弁慶格子 Benkei koushi" in Japan

*DEWA is Tohokuarea (Purchased from an antique dealer operating in the Tohoku region

Furisode Kimono dress gown and string belt upcycled from Japanese kimono "aka, shibori, DRE008" ICHIYOURAIFUKU Lining design: 小鍛冶 kokajiKimono dress gown and string belt upcycled from Genuine vintage Japanese kimono This dress gown is made of a vintage silk kimono furisode. This fabric is called shibori. Kimonos are dyed and embroidered using a variety of techniques, one of which is the tie dyeing technique. This is a technique in which fabrics are dyed by binding them with threads or sandwiched with a device to prevent dyeing, and then dyed with dyestuffs to create complex patterns.