Michiyuki Kimono, Showa Period zigzag leggings 1% silk that has some

1% silk that has some natural stretch

Zip and button in back

The style (and its age) is pure 1962 Jackie Kennedy

There's a self belt (not shot on the figure) and an all over print of black fleur de lys motifs with tiny stars

however fabulous it undoubtedly is

Michiyuki Kimono, Showa Period zigzag leggings 1% silk that has someFROM 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