Japanese fashion cultures dress and gender in contemporary Japan

From Rococo to Edwardian fashions, Japanese street style has reinvented many western dress styles, reinterpreting and altering their meanings and messages in a different cultural and historical context. This wide ranging and original study reveals the complex exchange of styles and what they represe...

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Main Author: Monden, Masafumi (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Bloomsbury Academic 2015
Series:Dress, body, culture
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