Fashioning the Asian century : aesthetics, sustainability, and popular culture in the new millennium / edited by Amanda Sikarskie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sikarskie, Amanda, editor.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fashion--Asia--History--21st century.

Fashion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages)

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2026.

Summary:

If some historians categorize the 19th century as Britain's imperial century, and the 20th century as the American century, then the 21st century may well be understood as the Asian century. So what does this Pan-Asian ascendency mean for fashion? Fashioning the Asian Century brings together essays that address this question from a range of perspectives, including: Asian fashion designers, Asian fashion consumer behaviour, fashion shows and fashion weeks in Asia, fashion trends disseminated through Asian popular culture, and sustainability and greenwashing in Asian fashion. Together these different perspectives help diversify fashion scholarship by addressing the growing significance of Asia as a fashion center from creation to consumption in the 21st century.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Preface

Amanda Sikarskie, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA

SECTION l: FASHIONING MEDIA AND AESTHETICS

1. Fashioning Asia Through Fashion Media

Babette Radclyffe-Thomas, London College of Fashion, UK

2. Unperforming Gender at the Lakme Fashion Week 2018

Aishwarya Pureti, Parsons Paris, France

3. Ray's Women and Sartorial Choices

Rimi Nandy and Mukulika Dattagupta, Adamas University, India

SECTION II: FASHIONING SUSTAINABILITY

4. From Roots to Runways: Unveiling Greenwashing Trends in Thai Fashion Industry,

A Melange of Tradition and Contemporary Consciousness

Queen Sarkar, Savani University, India

5. Crafting Authenticity: The Evolution of Indian Slow Fashion in Digital Transnational Space

Nandini Gopalarathinam, Parsons Paris, France

6. Between Traditional and Modern: The New Popularity of Boro Clothing Among Chinese Youth

Shuhua Wang, Changzhou Vocational Institute of Textile and Garment, China

SECTION III: FASHIONING CULTURAL HERITAGE AND POPULAR CULTURE

7. Mythical and Legendary Creatures in Japanese Fashion: The Kimono Narratives: Cultural Heritage and National Identity

Cringuta Irina Pelea, Titu Maiorescu University, Romania

8. Yogoe Fashion Through K-Drama and K-Pop

Amanda Sikarskie, University of Michigan, USA

9. From Othering to Self-Identification: The Evolution of the Chinese Huli Jing Image

Danqi Lu, University of Hong Kong, and Jingru Sun, Peking University, China

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-350-46088-5

OCLC:

1520505836