JAPAN BEYOND THE KIMONO

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Joanne B. Eicher is Regents Professor Emerita at the University of Minnesota. Joanne is EditorinChief Encyclopedia of Dress and Fashion (Bloomsbury and OUP): Series Editor Dress Body Culture (Bloomsbury): Author Editor CoEditor The Visible Self (Fairchild): Dress and Gender (Berg): Dress and Ethnicity (Berg): Beads and Beadmakers (Berg): Mother Daughter Sister Bride (National Geographic): a wide variety of published articles in professional journals and chapters in books.The first sensory analysis of the Kyoto textile industry exploring the lived experiences of makers and wearersDemonstrates how the Japanese fashion industry is embracing innovation change and digital technologiesPlaces new forms of Japanese fashion in wider contexts of transnational craftscapes and fast or slow fashion systemsJenny Hall is Research Officer in the Japanese Studies Centre at Monash University Australia. She received her PhD in Anthropology from Monash University in 2016.In the ancient city of Kyoto contemporary artisans and designers are using heritage techniques and traditional clothing aesthetics to reinvent wafuku (Japanese clothing including kimono) for modern life. Japan beyond the Kimono explores these shifts highlighting developments in the Kyoto fashion industry such as its integration of digital weaving and printing techniques and the influence of social media on fashion distribution systems.Through case studies of designers artisans and retailers Jenny Hall provides a comprehensive picture of the reasons behind the production and consumption of these rejuvenated fashion goods. She argues that conceptualisations of Japanese tradition include innovation and change which is vital to understanding how Japanese cultural heritage is both sustained and evolving.Essential reading for students and scholars of fashion anthropology and Japanese studies Jenny Halls sensory ethnography is the first of its kind describing the lived experiences of people in the Kyoto textiles industry explaining the renewal of traditional techniques and styles and placing them both within contexts such as transnational ścraftscapes and fast or slow fashion systems.A sensory ethnography which argues that the Kyoto textiles industry is being revitalised by designers using traditional techniques to create new Japanese fashion.List of IllustrationsList of VideosAcknowledgementsNote on TransliterationHistorical Dates1 Dress to Destruction2 Creating Kimono3 Case Studies4 Kimono as Sartorial Expression5 Innovation and Change6 ConclusionGlossaryReferencesIndexI sincerely hope this masterful work will be translated into Japanese and read by many Japanese readers as a contribution not only to the discussion of the survival of the kimono industry but to the ongoing deliberation on the subject of Japanese identity past present and future.The richness of this work makes it an important contribution to the bookshelves of Japanophiles fashio

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