This ornate kimono is identical to the one Elizabeth Taylor as Flora 'Sissy' Goforth wears during the scene where she shares an intimate evening meal with Noël Coward, who plays Flora's inquisitive friend the Witch of Capri.
The film was an adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, and was reworked by Williams for the screen production with it in mind that Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton would be cast as the central characters.