Published to accompany the exhibition "Kimono: Kyoto to catwalk" at the V&A, London, from 29 February to 21 June 2020. "First published by V&A Publishing, 2020" -- title page verso. Designer: Daniela Rocha. Copy-editor: Denny Hemming. Index: Nic Nicholas. Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-327) and index.
Contents:
26. Josephine Rout. 2. Introduction. From Edo to instagram: kimono fashion / Anna Jackson -- Part one. Kimono in Japan -- 3. Status, style and seduction / Anna Jackson -- 4. Creation and commerce / Anna Jackson and Iwao Nagasaki -- 5. Clothed in splendor: bridal kimono from the Edo period to the present day / Masami Yamada -- 6. Picturing fashion in Edo-period Japan / Masami Yamada -- Part two. Fashion for the foreign -- 7. A taste for the exotic: foreign textile and Japanese dress / Anna Jackson -- 8. The 'Nippon kimono' voyages to Europe / Yuzuruha Oyama -- 9. Interwoven gowns: a tale of global trade / Ariane Fennetaux -- 10. Geographically confused but familiarly exotic: the influence of kimono in seventeenth-century England / Susan North -- Part three. Shifting styles -- 11. Fashioning modernity in Japan / Anna Jackson -- 12. The 'kimono craze': from exoticism to fashionability / Elizabeth Kramer and Akiko Savas -- 13. Picturing kimono in Britain, Europe and America / Elizabeth Kramer -- 14. Radical restructure: the impact of kimono / Akiko Fukai -- Part four. Kimono as costume -- 15. Kimono codified: uniform the nation / Josephine Rout -- 16. Geisha perpetuating the kimono mystique / Lesley Downer -- 17. Kimono rental, tourism and sartorial expression / Elizabeth Kramer -- 18. Behind the screen: kimono as costume / Josephine Rout -- Part five. Kimono reinvention -- 19. Kimono reborn / Rupert Faulkner -- 20. Moriguchi Kunihiko / Anna Jackson -- 21. Kikuchi Nobuko: stylish rebellion / Kohka Yoshimura -- Part six. Kimono transformation -- 22. Kimono dreams / Claire Wilcox -- 23. Statement piece: the kimono jacket trend / Elizabeth Kramer -- 24. Kimono revolution / Sheila Cliffe -- 25. Jotaro Saito / Anna Jackson -- 26. From Edo to instagram: kimono fashion / Josephine Rout.
Summary:
"The kimono is the ultimate symbol of Japan, revered within the country as the embodiment of national culture and regarded internationally as an exotic fascination. The iconic garment is often viewed as traditional, unchanging and timeless, but this book counters that conception, presenting the kimono as highly dynamic and fashionable dress. The cultural and sartorial significance of the kimono is explored in historical and contemporary contexts, both in Japan and the West, where its impact on clothing styles has been felt since the seventeenth century. Beautifully illustrated, the book features over 250 kimono and kimono-inspired garments from the V&A and collections around the world, revealing its sartorial influence on pop stars from David Bowie to Bjork and examining the ways in which fashion designers such as Issey Miyake, John Galliano and Alexander McQueen have reworked its legacy." -- publisher's description.
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