Extraordinary 1940s Densely Hand Beaded & Sequin Red Silk Satin Asian Jacket designer-janice-wainwright The bodice is strapless and

The bodice is strapless and fitted and has been completely covered in a natural mink that wraps around the wearer

Interlined with a net fabric and closes with a side painted metal zipper

This one is a robe that would have been made for the tourist market and is really an exceptional piece

Yma was photoed in this robe and she also sat for a portrait in the robe

Extraordinary 1940s Densely Hand Beaded & Sequin Red Silk Satin Asian Jacket designer-janice-wainwright The bodice is strapless andThe 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. You will often see embroidered versions of these come up for sale but these beaded and sequin