Word: kimona
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...over the head, made of moiré silk preferably. Over the shoulders and down the spine, spreads a magnificent cross in the shape of the Greek letter ψ. This garment is quite the same in the Roman and Eastern Church. Dalmatic and Tunicle. This is a sort of fancy kimona with a slit up both sides flashed with fringes. It is flowered with embroidery. Surplice, which was at first an undershirt to keep the cold-blooded monks and abbots warm and, to be proper, must still be worn with the alb. It has long, loose, open sleeves, a gathered yolk...
Fenway--"The Red Kimona" with Priscilla Bower, and "Made for Love" with Leatrice Joy: To be reviewed this week...