Kimonos and Obis Japanese Fashion through the Ages

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Chinese Dress and Adornment Through the Ages: The Art of Classic Fashion by Gao Chunming It consists of three parts: The Introduction provides an overview of the evolution of Chinese garb, and identifies fashion trends and artistic hallmarks of each... More

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Illustrated, in colour and black & white, by the author. "A handbook to provide a summary of information about costume in a period hitherto not thoroughly explored, and to fill in the gap in books on the subject prior to the the Norman Conquest."... More

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A fabulous art set with a fashion theme which contains thirteen pictures to colour in using the paints and felt pens provided. The pictures feature outfits from various times in history, including medieval dresses, Edwardian gowns, twenties styles to... More

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Over the past 40 years, Japanese designers have led the way in aligning fashion with art and ideology, as well as addressing identity and social politics through dress. They have demonstrated that both creative and commercial enterprise is possible in... More

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First Published in 2004. This is Volume II looking at the aspects of econnomic life in the civilisation of Japan. The chapters span the areas of Foreign Trade in the Port of Nagasaki, through the ages of Yiyeysuna, Genroku; the influence of money More

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Throughout history, Japanese women have excelled in poetry - from the folk songs of the Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters) compiled in 712 and the court poetry of the 9th to the 14th centuries, on through the age of haikai and kanshi to the 19th c More

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Through an astonishing series of interviews, Gay Men's Style will take you on a dizzying journey through shops, bars, clubs, gyms, workplaces and global city streets. Based on the lived experience of gay men of all ages from the UK, USA, More

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Fashion ingenue, magazine editor, kimono designer, prize-winning writer - Uno Chiyo has become one of Japan's most celebrated women. Includes translations of The Puppet Maker , The Sound of the Wind , and This Powder Box by Uno Chiyo. More