A mandarin robe-style evening coat of a type fashionable in America and Britain in the middle of the first decade of the 20th century. Calf-length, it was designed with slits at both sides to give glimpses of a full-length skirt. The mandarin robe typically referred to a garment worn by officials Qing China, but for export to Western markets, kimono companies which later evolved into department stores such as Iida Takashimaya and Mitsukoshi Gofukuten, added Japanese embroidery, which was popular in the West.