ASIA CHIC: The Influence of Japanese and Chinese Textiles on the Fashions of the Roaring Twenties

Exhibition catalog. European fashion was profoundly influenced in the early decades of the 20th century by the style, textiles, patterns and color combinations of Asian clothing. From the meeting of these two cultures has sprung an exhibition and catalog, in which the drawings of Paris fashion designers are compared with Asian garments. Well illustrated in color.