Vintage Japanese Summer Kimono in Ro Silk (Very Fine Silk)

Description

I created this pouch where you can put your objects from an old Japanese kimono. I really like his tones, his drawings – between leaf patterns like coffee beans; heart-shaped petals (the small white and purple/parmes) – It is very light – Made of Ro silk (fabric used for summer kimonos). I work with preloved Japanese kimonos – Kimonos that have been worn to which I give another life. I like the idea of the story going on. Travelling fabrics, unique objects for multiple uses. It’s up to you to write the rest of the story! Bon voyage (◡‿◡✿).

This object keeps its volume: by a system of folds, the empty pencil case is held “upright” (you can see it on one of the photos). You can put a thousand objects in it, really what you like (jewelry, tea bags, scrunchies and other accessories, phone jack, make-up, etc.) Non-fragile fabric – Hand wash

I work with old kimonos, which have been worn. This is the beginning of a second life for them. Being worn has deformed, stretched, torn, worn them out. So I work with a material that is less “stable” than a new fabric, which, telling a thousand stories, is distended, perforated in places, stained in others. First I dismantle and unstitch each kimono. I wash the collected strips of fabric and then inspect the holes, wear and other souvenirs. I use the pieces that are free enough from these memories and rich from so many others to create my pieces.

Vintage Japanese Summer Kimono in Ro Silk (Very Fine Silk)
Designs in shades of white, purple, white and purple on black and ivory
Silk Ro fabric, a fine, openwork kimono silk, used to let air pass through in the summer.