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Title |
Formal Dress of Yoshiko Yamanouchi, c. early 1950s |
Object Name |
Dress |
Description |
Formal Dress Worn by Yoshiko Yamanouchi, early 1950s. Salmon-colored dress, made of silk. Shear neckline with orchid motif at bottom edge, front and back, short sleeves. Side zip and back button closures. Silk satin lining. Floor length skirt and short sleeves. Faux-wrap construction, gathered at proper left of waist with false tie and front draping panel. Thread loops for belt on either side. |
Date |
early 1950s |
Catalog Number |
2019.048.005A |
Collection |
3D - Clothing |
Creator |
Unknown |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Inscription Text |
none. |
Provenance |
Formal dress worn by Yoshiko Yamanouchi. |
Notes |
"Japan in the 1950s was a key emerging market for ready-to-wear fashion. Consumers in Japan were purchasing European (including British) ready-to-wear. British ready-to-wear manufacturer Frederick Starke considered the Japanese market (by 1965) to be one that British wholesalers should be targeting. This is, of course, is a difficult market, but the potential is enormous. The kimono has disappeared and the people are now more westernised than the Europeans. Western clothes are everywhere. When I was there last year I was told that the traditional costumes are only worn at New Year celebrations." http://unmakingthings.rca.ac.uk/2014/when-tokyo-met-paris-investigating-a-1950s-japanese-ready-to-wear-dress/ |
Dimensions |
H-54 W-19 inches |
Dimension Details |
on hanger |
Medium |
Silk |
Search Terms |
Clothes Clothing Japan Japanese Japanese Americans Japanese History Silk Silk Industry |
Subjects |
Clothing & dress Japan Japanese clothing Silk Silk industry |
People |
Yamanouchi, Yoshiko |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Laura Watanuki |