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- ISSN: 2040-4417
- E-ISSN: 2040-4425
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Revisioning the kimono
- Source: Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty, Volume 1, Issue 2, Dec 2010, p. 217 - 231
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- 01 Dec 2010
Abstract
Whilst the kimonoed woman is an unchanging stereotype of Japanese beauty, this article suggests that due to the interaction of kimono with the processes of globalization (technological and in terms of communication), the kimono continues to metamorphose to meet the needs of its fashionable, urban, contemporary wearers.
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