Traditional Costumes : Japanese Drapes

This week I finished two Samurai drapes in small sizes and in wool. I fiddled so long with the Japanese pattern to make it really nice fitting for a European size S/M. The black and white checkered one is from a pretty thick tweed wool I bought some years ago in Edinburgh (when we lived there); it has turned out much nicer than I thought, because I was first afraid it would be too stiff. But it drapes gorgeously, like a thick winter scarf. The other one is from a lovely purple striped wool fabric, much thinner and suppler than the tweed one. So, this one is a more flexible drape.

My lovely friend Anne is modelling them here, and she looks great in them ! They are for sale in my P8Accessories etsy shop ! Will also start to make some more in sizes L and XL.

Etsy : Japanese inspired fashion

I have always been inspired by traditional costumes, and the fareast is so mysterious and different from europe that I was always very much attracted to japanese, korean and chinese costumes. I love the japanese fashion designers as Miyake, Yamamoto, Kenzo and always admire what they do with clothing; it's so different from the european style !
Finally I managed to get my hands on some japanese inspired patterns and a bit afraid for the unknown I started to make them. And what can I say, I love it ! The first pieces I made are quite small (according to the slender japanese female figure), but I enlarged the patterns and will now start to make them in larger sizes. Here some shots of the first ones:





And there is more in my etsy shop: PetronellaFashion