Michiyuki Kimono, Showa Period zigzag leggings the top one of which

the top one of which is missing its eye

The top is 100% cotton so I think that's just a coating

1% silk that has some natural stretch

and this is a rare piece from his final collection (that wasn't a collab

Michiyuki Kimono, Showa Period zigzag leggings the top one of whichFROM ALISON ATTENBOROUGH'S CLOSET This is a Michiyuki, the kind of kimono worn not with an obi, but as you see here, as a short square necked coat. It's fastened by two snaps, with tapes to tie at the waist. As far as I can tell, it's from the mid to late Showa period, or, as we call it, the Seventies. The silk reads as black with red polkadots, but in fact it's black with charcoal gray woven in, and the dots are irregular. The lining is a lovely