Yellow wool boucle coat, belt and tab found at a Seattle thrift store, finished with Japanese silk jacquard binding outlined with gold soutache. The trim and belt-loops are made from metal braid found at a Paris Flea Market forty years ago. The large vintage designer buttons are original to the garment. The deco-style buckle was found at Vashon’s own collectible store, Treasure Island. Notice the touch of knotted soutache...
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Antique French Grain Sack coat, belt and tab from Euro-Linens (the tab stripe is cut from another sac du grain remnant) all bound in a vintage crepe de chine neck-tie discovered at a yard sale in San Diego. The belt-loops are vintage Japanese Tea Ceremony braid brought back from San Francisco’s JapanTown. The Bakelite buttons and buckle are Flea Market finds. Notice the blue and gold decorative button on the belt mid-spine...
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Cotton/rayon chenille (reproduction fabric from a San Simeon restoration) coat, belt and tab bound with Celadon silk jacquard, made from a vintage Chinese robe designed expressly for I. Magnin. The trim and belt-loops are vintage silk ribbon with Cluny lace. A rhinestone buckle, layered two-tone celluloid button with flower petal cut-work, and a marbleized Hard Plastic button finish the coat. Notice the button-holes on all the coats are hand-sewn using Silk Twist. Each button has its own back-button to ensure the tab and coat move naturally with the dog...
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Red/orange wool plaid (a flea market find) coat and tab. Wool Tweed belt and belt-loops cut from a vintage skirt. Silk crepe de chine vintage neck-tie binding, another San Diego yard sale find. Butterscotch Bakelite buckle and button and two-tone Celluloid circular stacked button, all found at flea markets. Notice the strip of soutache down the spine…
Sublime…
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