Kimono : Kyoto to catwalk

The kimono is the ultimate symbol of Japan, revered within the country as the embodiment of national culture and regarded internationally as an exotic fascination. The iconic garment is often viewed as traditional, unchanging and timeless, but this book counters that conception, presenting the kimono as highly dynamic and fashionable dress. The cultural and sartorial significance of the kimono is explored in historical and contemporary contexts, both in Japan and the West, where its impact on clothing styles has been felt since the seventeenth century. Beautifully illustrated, the book features over 250 kimono and kimono-inspired garments from the V&A and collections around the world, revealing its sartorial influence on pop stars from David Bowie to Björk and examining the ways in which fashion designers such as Issey Miyake, John Galliano and Alexander McQueen have reworked its legacy.

Foreword, Tristram HuntIntroduction: Kimono, Kyoto to Catwalk, Anna JacksonKimono in JapanStatus, Style and Seduction, Anna JacksonCreation and Commerce, Anna Jackson and Iwao NagasakiClothed in Splendour: Bridal Kimono from the Edo Period to the Present Day, Masami YamadaPicturing Fashion in Edo-Period Japan, Masami YamadaFashion for the ForeignA Taste for the Exotic: Foreign Textiles and Japanese Dress, Anna JacksonThe 'Nippon Kimono' Voyages to Europe, Yuzuruha OyamaInterwoven Gowns: A Tale of Global Trade, Ariane FennetauxGeographically Confused, but Familiarly Exotic: The Influence of Kimono in Seventeenth-Century England, Susan NorthShifting StylesFashioning Modernity in Japan, Anna JacksonThe 'Kimono Craze': From Exoticism to Fashionability, Elizabeth Kramer and Akiko SavasPicturing Kimono in Britain, Europe and America, Elizabeth KramerRadical Restructure: The Impact of Kimono, Akiko FukaiKimono as CostumeKimono Codified: Uniform for the Nation, Josephine RoutGeisha: Perpetuating the Kimono Mystique, Lesley DownerKimono Rental, Tourism and Sartorial Expression, Elizabeth KramerBehind the Screen: Kimono as Costume, Josephine RoutKimono ReinventionKimono Reborn, Rupert FaulknerMoriguchi Kunihiko, Anna JacksonKikuchi Nobuko: Stylish Rebellion, Kohka YoshimuraKimono TransformationKimono Dreams, Claire WilcoxStatement Piece: The Kimono Jacket Trend, Elizabeth KramerKimono Revolution, Sheila CliffeJotaro Saito, Anna JacksonFrom Edo to Instagram: Japanese Fashion, Josephine Rout