Extraordinary 1920s Colourful Densely Embroidered Black Silk Asian Evening Coat designer-kenzo Each sleeve is cut wide

Each sleeve is cut wide and full with a huge pouf starting at the shoulder to the elbow

This is Haute Couture under the masterful hand of Mr Valentino himself and is an exceptional example of earlier Valentino Couture

early 1950s piece and it has lots of wonderful period details

Waist: to 16"" flat across from side seam to side seam

Extraordinary 1920s Colourful Densely Embroidered Black Silk Asian Evening Coat designer-kenzo Each sleeve is cut wideThe Western world in the twenties to the sixties had a special fascination with the Far East and this highly influenced the fashion of that time period. Japan and China began to export and sell pieces made specifically for the tourist market that combined classic design elements of those respective cultures with a slight western twists to the cut and colours. These embroidered jackets where amongst the most prized and this one is a stunning black silk