Fabulous 1960s Extensively Beaded & Sequin Front Zip Red Silk Satin Asian Jacket designer-donald-brooks raw feeling cotton with a

raw feeling cotton with a linen like finish

loose and wide body and then it is brought in at the hem

I see a small repair on each of the seams where the train is set onto the dress and another near the hem of the back train

Reference photos: Jean Shrimpton in Nina Ricci for Harper's Bazaar 1965

5" from side seam to side seam

Fabulous 1960s Extensively Beaded & Sequin Front Zip Red Silk Satin Asian Jacket designer-donald-brooks raw feeling cotton with aThe 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 twist to the cut and colours. You will often see embroidered versions of these come up for sale but these beaded and sequin