{"product_id":"kimono-a-modern-history-9781780232782","title":"Kimono: A Modern History","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is the kimono? Everyday garment? Art object? Symbol of Japan? As this book shows  the kimono has served all of these roles  its meaning changing across time and with the perspective of the wearer or viewer. Kimono: A Modern History begins by exposing the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century foundations of the modern kimono fashion industry. It explores the crossover between art and fashion in this period at the hands of famous Japanese painters who worked with clothing pattern books and painted directly onto garments. With Japans exposure to Western fashion in the nineteenth century  and Westerners exposure to Japanese modes of dress and design  the kimono took on new associations and came to symbolize an exotic culture and an alluring female form. In the aftermath of the Second World War  the kimono industry was sustained through government support. The line between fashion and art became blurred as kimonos produced by famous designers were collected for their beauty and displayed in museums  rather than being worn as clothing. Today  the kimono has once again taken on new dimensions  as the Internet and social media proliferate images of the kimono as a versatile garment to be integrated into a range of individual styles. Kimono: A Modern History  the inspiration for a major exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York not only tells the story of a distinctive garments ever-changing functions and image  but provides a novel perspective on Japans modernization and encounter with the West.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647587901493,"sku":"ByrdShop_1780232780","price":57.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781780232782.jpg?v=1781694456","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/kimono-a-modern-history-9781780232782","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}