Want to start an international importing business? You just need a few
standout pieces. Need a good idea? We've shown you
THE JORONGO. Semi Precious
GEMS. They're good ideas. But here's a third one. The elegant jacket
based on the KIMONO!
How I come to be thinking of this is.....Today, I ran into an elegant
japanese designer waiting in the long line ext to me in the post office.
Her clothing was startling. A beige, rough handwoven, cotton/linen textile
done as a jacket but with what is called kimono design. It had an asymetrical
double breasted front that crossed diagonally to her other hip. She wore
it with a phone holder on one hip, with a thin strap around her shoulder
crosswise over body.
I came home and started GOOGLING around looking for KIMONO JACKET patterns. There were hundreds of patterns for sale on the internet. I'm searching for this exact, VERY HOT DESIGN in that it's a useful garment for women of all ages. It also lends itself to third world textiles nay...it cries out for them!
Imagine a trim, body hugging kimono slightly more inwardly at the waist curved than this graphic, with a full double breasted cross over, woman's jacket, right? In the illustration the crossover is not complete. It should go all the way across to the opposite hip to be dramatic, commanding.
LENGTH- The length of a jacket for a mature woman would be just enough to cover the bottom of the butt. Allow thighs and trousers or pencil skirt to show. This is best worn with an slender pant leg with this kimono jacket. Women like that length.
SLEEVES: Then have long sleeves, narrow, not like real kimono
with flapping flags off arms, no, but reg sleeves.
COLLAR is just a banded edge, no reverse, no fold or lapel!
PATTERNS FOR SALE ONLINE http://birchstreet-folkwear.com/asian.html
http://www.lauramurraydesigns.com/p05kimono.php
http://www.smockingstore.com/kimono.html
http://www.saberdesigns.cc/kimono.html has one crossed lapel, but wrong sleeve.
http://www.perpetualpatterns.com.au/Site/jackets21.html seems very close.
http://www.quiltingarts.com/shop/patterns1.html
http://www.purrfection.com/gallery/007marymashuta.htm
http://www.saberdesigns.cc/patterns.html
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8273432941
This is a woman who has put all her patterns for sale permanently at
EBAY. She's using them as a website
There were hundreds of websites showing kimono patterns all available on the internet, all vendors with good patterns for this concept.
Isn't the INTERNET amazing???? What did we do before it came our way? We were stranded and didn't know it!
I still have not found the exact pattern that I saw today in post office
with a true double breasted front that crossed diagonally to the opposite
hip. The DESIGNER/ ARTIST who wore it was super chic. She also had a 3x6
inch tiny purse strapped crosswise over her body holding a small cell fone,
also made of some elegant textile. A great second design. She carried her
real purse, a 300$ leather bag in her hand. CELL PHONE purses are a great
idea these days! Its strap was elegant, thin as a hair ribbon. This woman
rocked.
As you travel the world, consider taking many different jacket patterns
with you, and when you find super textile sources, explain to seamstresses
that you want them to create an assembly line and manufacture three sizes
of jacket, in various Ethnic, African, Chinese, Hindu
textiles. Every department store in America and Europe will
buy them.