Re-orienting fashion : the globalization of Asian dress / edited by Sandra Niessen, Ann Marie Leshkowich, and Carla Jones.
"When Hong Kong entrepreneur David Tang opened his Shanghai Tang boutique on New York's Madison Avenue, it was not an isolated example of the globalization of Asian fashion. Further evidence is written on the labels in our closets, and paraded in the form of salwaar-kameez and silk sarongs...
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Oxford ; New York :
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2003.
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| Series: | Dress, body, culture.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the globalization of Asian dress: Re-orienting fashion or re-orientalizing Asia? / Carla Jones and Ann Marie Leshkowich
- 1. Three scenarios from Batak clothing history: Designing participation in the global fashion trajectory 49 / Sandra Niessen
- 2. The Ao Dai goes global: how international influences and female entrepreneurs have shaped Vietnam's "national costume" 79 / Ann Marie Leshkowich
- 3. Korean alterations: nationalism, social consciousness, and "traditional" clothing 117 / Rebecca Ruhlen
- 4. Designing diasporic markets: Asian fashion entrepreneurs in London 139 / Parminder Bhachu
- 5. National colors: ethnic minorities in Vietnamese public imagery / Hjorleifur R. Jonsson and Nora A. Taylor
- 6. Dress for sukses: fashioning femininity and nationality in urban Indonesia 185 / Carla Jones
- 7. Fashion-nation: a Japanese globalization experience and a Hong Kong dilemma 215 / Lise Skov
- Afterword: re-orienting fashion theory 243 / Sandra Niessen
- Introduction: The Globalization of Asian Dress: Re-Orienting Fashion or Re-Orientalizing Asia? / Carla Jones and Ann Marie Leshkowich
- 1. Three Scenarios from Batak Clothing History: Designing Participation in the Global Fashion Trajectory / Sandra Niesson
- 2. The Ao Dai Goes Global: How International Influences and Female Entrepreneurs Have Shaped Vietnam's "National Costume" / Ann Marie Leshkowich
- 3. Korean Alterations: Nationalism, Social Consciousness, and "Traditional" Clothing / Rebecca N. Ruhlen
- 4. Designing Diasporic Markets: Asian Fashion Entrepreneurs in London / Parminder Bhachu
- 5. National Colors: Ethnic Minorities in Vietnamese Public Imagery / Hjorleifur R. Jonsson and Nora A. Taylor
- 6. Dress for Sukses: Fashioning Femininity and Nationality in Urban Indonesia / Carla Jones
- 7. Fashion-Nation: A Japanese Globalization Experience and a Hong Kong Dilemma / Lise Skov
- Afterword: Re-Orienting Fashion Theory / Sandra Niesson.