Kimono Style Edo Traditions to Modern Design

The untold modern history of the Japanese kimono and its dynamic relationship to Western culture Japan's engagement with Western clothing, culture, and art in the mid-nineteenth century transformed the traditional kimono and began a cross-cultural sartorial dialogue that continues to this day. This publication explores the kimono's fascinating modern history and its notable influence on Western fashion. Initially signaling the wearer's social position, marital status, age, and wealth, older kimono designs gave way to the demands of modernized and democratized twentieth-century lifestyles as well as the preferences of the emancipated "new woman." Conversely, inspiration from the kimono's silhouette liberated Western designers such as Paul Poiret and Madeline Vionnet from traditional European tailoring. Juxtaposing never-before-published Japanese textiles from the John C. Weber Collection with Western couture, this book places the kimono on the stage of global fashion history.  

ISBN:	9781588397522
Publisher:	Yale University Press
Imprint:	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published date:	28 Jun 2022
DEWEY:	746.920747471
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	175
Weight:	900g
Height:	218mm
Width:	290mm
Spine width:	19mm

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