中文简介：

日本和服不为人知的现代史及其与西方文化的动态关系

19世纪中期，日本与西方服装、文化和艺术的接触改变了传统的和服，并开始了一场持续至今的跨文化服装对话。本书探讨了和服迷人的现代历史和它对西方时尚的显著影响。最初，和服的设计标志着穿戴者的社会地位、婚姻状况、年龄和财富，后来，随着二十世纪现代化和民主化的生活方式的要求，以及获得解放的“新女性”的喜好，和服逐渐退让。相反，从和服的轮廓中获得的灵感使西方设计师如Paul Poiret和Madeline Vionnet从传统的欧洲裁缝中解放出来。本书将John C. Weber收藏展中从未发表过的日本纺织品与西方高级时装并列在一起，将和服置于全球时尚史的舞台之上。

英文简介：

The untold modern history of the Japanese kimono and its dynamic relationship to Western culture

Japan's engagement with Western clothing, culture, and art in the mid-nineteenth century transformed the traditional kimono and began a cross-cultural sartorial dialogue that continues to this day. This publication explores the kimono's fascinating modern history and its notable influence on Western fashion. Initially signaling the wearer's social position, marital status, age, and wealth, older kimono designs gave way to the demands of modernized and democratized twentieth-century lifestyles as well as the preferences of the emancipated “new woman.” Conversely, inspiration from the kimono's silhouette liberated Western designers such as Paul Poiret and Madeline Vionnet from traditional European tailoring. Juxtaposing never-before-published Japanese textiles from the John C. Weber Collection with Western couture, this book places the kimono on the stage of global fashion history.