At 22:41 29/08/2005, you wrote:
Depends on which era the Kimono came from and style. Some Kimonos have trains with long wide sleeves. Modern kimonos usually don't have that much but 188o they did.De -----Original Message----- >After all, they made bustle gowns out of kimonos, y'know. I'm sure you meant kimono fabric. There's hardly enough material in one kimono to make a 2005 dress, let alone anything more voluminous. CarolynKayta Barrows dollmaker, fibre artist, textillian www.FunStuft.com
I have a full length wedding kimono which I believe dates from the 30's. You could make a bustle bodice from it easily enough. The material for a kimono is roughly 21" wide, and comes beautifully wrapped and sealed. I made a Regency dress for a Japanese customer using this fabric. She brought me several kimonos which are very loosely put together, and said that she had brought them because silk "by the yard" was terribly expensive and hard to come by. (% years ago or so.)
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