Tag: Mata Kiato

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  The Mysterious Mata Kiato

  For Haute Couture Week, I’m sharing my original research into a forgotten couture house: the house of Mata Kiato. A pair of couture sewing patterns seem to be the only remaining trace of Paris couturier Mata Kiato. Contemporary sources credit Mata Kiato as the designer of two interwar couture patterns from McCall’s, but it’s difficult…

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  Sarah Sheehan

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  January 26, 2026