Welcome Decorators -- professional or hobbyists: We are YokoDana,
a web-based family business offering textiles in volume, recycled
vintage kimono fabric pieces, bulk vintage
Japanese kimono by-pound, collectible and antique Japanese textiles.
We also have steady access to truly special vintage fabrics (silk,cotton,
hemp) taken from vintage kimono; we sell these in lots, yards, bolts/rolls
and pieces in our vintage
kimono fabric section.
We are proud of the fact that we have been "green" since
the beginning, selling recycled textiles and giving these wonderful
vintage kimonos and fabric a new life; We delight in the many
re-purposed uses which our customers find for our recycled
Japanese kimonos and fabrics.
Locations:
We have an office in southern Japan as well as our main office in
Delaware; we ship from the USA office. Yoko
Lewis, founder, is third generation of a family in Japan which has
been dealing in Japanese arts and antiques since the late 1800s'.
Her
full story is here.
This
page is just for designers, interior decorators and textile or multimedia
artists who use textiles in their work. We have as clients a
good number of creative artists and artisans involved in a wide
range of work: Our products have been used by commercial interior
designers and decorators in hotels, restaurants, offices and private
residences; also we serve several international high fashion designers
who incorporate our vintage kimono into their various fashion lines;
We also have a number of textile and multi-media artists who make
many things from our bulk kimono packages or finer pieces; furthermore,
we serve the burgeoning creativity seen by small and 'cottage industry'
entrepeneurs who use vintage kimonos
to make all sorts of things.
As
a convenience to interior decorators we have placed handy links
in one place below-- the areas of our site which we believe to be
of interest to them:
