Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-286) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- The foundations of a kimono fashion industry -- Modernizing the kimono -- Shopping for kimonos, shaping identities -- The kimono ideal migrates West -- Kimono designers -- Everyday and extraordinary, then and now.
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