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The Atelier
Our Story
Two friends, one wardrobe rack in Kyoto, and a conviction that heirloom cloth belongs in the present tense.
Kyoto → NYC
A hand brushing hanging kimono silks the first rack · Kyoto
How it began

Eastern Vintage began with a single haori, found folded in washi paper in a family storehouse in Higashiyama. It had been worn for tea ceremonies, mended twice, and loved for forty years — then left in the dark for thirty more. We bought it, restored it, and wore it over denim the same week.

That is still the whole idea. We source vintage kimono, haori and obi from family archives and estate collections across Japan — pieces with provenance, pattern and hand. Each one is inspected, cleaned and restored at our atelier, then photographed and offered exactly once. Every piece is one of one.

We do not sell costumes. We translate quiet into garments you can wear on a Tuesday — over a t‑shirt, belted as a dress, layered with silk. The cloth has already lived a life; we simply hand it its next one.

What we hold to
01
Sourced with respect
From Kyoto family archives and estates — never bulk lots. Provenance travels with every garment.
02
Restored by hand
Collars re-edged, linings cleaned, himo cords re-corded. Repairs are honest — we keep the story visible.
03
Cared for, for life
Every piece includes our lifetime care service. Send it back any time; we will keep it breathing.
The longer thread
A century of everyday silk
The kimono was never a costume. It was daily dress — worn to work, to play, to sit under the cherry trees.
Women in kimono under cherry blossoms, hand-tinted photographhanami · ca. 1900
A meal in kimono, hand-tinted photographdaily life · ca. 1910
A game of go in kimono, archival photographa game of go · ca. 1890
The founders
"We are not preserving these garments.
We are releasing them."
— Borum & Bonasa, founders
Press & mentions
"The rare vintage edit that styles the past for the present — no cosplay, all cloth."
— Placeholder, fashion press
"Each haori arrives with its account of hands: who wove it, who mended it, who let it go."
— Placeholder, culture desk
"Lifetime care included. In fashion, that sentence is almost radical."
— Placeholder, sustainability review
Press quotes are placeholders — final citations to be supplied.
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