Extraordinary 1940s Densely Hand Beaded & Sequin Red Silk Satin Asian Jacket designer-stavropoulos The sleeves are cut wide

The sleeves are cut wide and loose above the cuffs

I think it was stored with something that bled some color onto it

with generous room for probably  up to a C cup

The skirt is amazing and the long lean cut if it is balanced by the inset panel of that same lace

Unlined and each interior seam and edge is finished by hand

Extraordinary 1940s Densely Hand Beaded & Sequin Red Silk Satin Asian Jacket designer-stavropoulos The sleeves are cut wideThe 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