The rich, complex, and beautiful Kimono The kimono--worn by women, men, and children--is the ultimate signifier of Japan: revered within the country as the embodiment of national culture and regarded internationally as an exotic fascination.
Beautifully illustrated, it includes more than 200 Kimono from collections at the V&A and around the world, as well as examples of the ways in which they have been represented in paintings, prints, and photographs, and interpreted more recently in popular culture and fashion, from Bj rk to David Bowie, John Galliano to Issey Miyake..
This book, published to accompany a major exhibition at the V&A, London, presents the Kimono as dynamic and fashionable, and explores its significance in historical and contemporary contexts, both in Japan and in the West.
Often viewed as a simple, unchanging garment, the Kimono has been equated with tradition and seen as something static and timeless.
The rich, complex, and beautiful Kimono The kimono--worn by women, men, and children--is the ultimate signifier of Japan: revered within the country as the embodiment of national culture and regarded internationally as an exotic fascination
