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A row of Showa-era pure-silk furisode hanging in a Kyoto vintage shop — that is where this project began.
We bring them home, take them apart, and re-cut them into qipao.
Genuine silk in China keeps getting more expensive, and high-quality mulberry silk is harder to find every year. Meanwhile in Japan — on Mercari and in second-hand stores — vintage pure-silk kimono are absurdly cheap, because younger generations no longer wear them. Showa- and Taisho-era silk furisode often go for a few thousand to tens of thousands of yen.
The fabrics in those old kimono are genuinely excellent. Showa-era Japanese silk was raised from Chinese silkworm strains, hand-dyed (Yuzen, Kaga-Yuzen, Edo-Sarasa), and woven using techniques inherited from Nara-period Chinese sericulture. The mulberry silk quality, frankly, exceeds most domestic Chinese silk on the market today.
But the kimono can't be worn as-is — Japanese tailoring doesn't fit Chinese aesthetics. So we take them apart, re-cut them, and rebuild them into qipao. Every piece is honestly sourced and labelled — era, type, purchase location, original price — never "similar style." The photo you see, the story you hear, and the piece you buy — are the same physical garment.
First pieces planned for autumn 2026. Cadence: one per month, 6–12 per year. Price range: ¥1,500–8,000.