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Here's a dragon uchikake I designed a while back. You see I'd had all this old green velvet in my possession that would have been perfect for it. I was going to make it into a beautiful outfit for the oiran cosplay I'm working on for Anime North 2008. My plan was to do something similar to kin-koma embroidery for the dragon. Basically I'd sew gold ribbons down to create the pattern, so you have to imagine that dragon embossed entirely in gold.
I actually started unpicking the fabric from its original state as drappery to prepare it for this kimono, but it was so unbelievably dusty that I actually developed bronchitis from working on it. It's been about 5 months and my lungs still aren't fully clear despite antibiotics and everything - so suffice it to say, I'm not touching that fabric with a ten foot pole now.