VPOD: The Art of the Kimono

This is the final week to catch The Philadelphia Museum of Art's exhibition: Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco and Modernism in Japan. The exhibition features about 85 kimonos for men, women and children from the early to mid-twentieth century. And this is the first time these outstanding kimonos, from the renowned Montgomery Collection of Lugano, Switzerland, are being seen in North America.

Today's VPOD features just one of the masterpieces from the collection. This woman's Japanese kimono dates from the Taisho period of 1912-1926 and is an example of machine-spun silk with stencil-printed warp threads. What a beauty!

And for those of you unable to attend the exhibit, there are pictures, information and kimono history available at the exhibition's website.

It's a lovely way to discover the art of the kimono for a vintage fashionista!

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