Re-Fashioning Kimono: How to Make ‘Traditional’ Clothes for Postmodern Japan

It is difficult to ride a bicycle or drive a car while wearing a kimono. Kimono are not considered suitable for contemporary life in Japan, and because of this, there is a pervading view that the Japanese traditional textile industry is in decline. However, Japanese designers and consumers are redef...

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Autore principale: Jenny Hall
Natura: Articolo
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: The Japan Foundation, Sydney 2015-06-01
Serie:New Voices in Japanese Studies
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Accesso online:http://newvoices.org.au/volume-7/re-fashioning-kimono-how-to-make-traditional-clothes-for-postmodern-japan/