COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
East Meets West: The Influence from Japanese Traditional Kimono to 1980s Japanese Fashion Designers and Further Influence Western Fashion
Creator:
Sun, Tiantian
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Fashion
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Fashion
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
In the early 1980’s, Japanese fashion designers led by Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto and Rei
Kawakubo debuted their designs in Paris. Their work invigorated the western fashion world
because of the designs’ unisex look, novel cutting and folding techniques, and fabric creation.
These Japanese designers found their inspiration in the traditional fashion of Japan including the
kimono, Japanese folk costume and Japanese fabric making techniques. These artists’ vision was
also shaped by core Japanese culture concepts and life in post-WWII Japan. This thesis explains
how Japanese culture and costume inspired the designers and imbued their designs to western
fashion with Japanese elements that unfamiliar for western. The thesis continues to show how
the inspiration and vision of the designers can be incorporated into contemporary fashion
developments, and also shows how those Japanese fashion characteristics are taken into the
thesis collection with different forms.
Kawakubo debuted their designs in Paris. Their work invigorated the western fashion world
because of the designs’ unisex look, novel cutting and folding techniques, and fabric creation.
These Japanese designers found their inspiration in the traditional fashion of Japan including the
kimono, Japanese folk costume and Japanese fabric making techniques. These artists’ vision was
also shaped by core Japanese culture concepts and life in post-WWII Japan. This thesis explains
how Japanese culture and costume inspired the designers and imbued their designs to western
fashion with Japanese elements that unfamiliar for western. The thesis continues to show how
the inspiration and vision of the designers can be incorporated into contemporary fashion
developments, and also shows how those Japanese fashion characteristics are taken into the
thesis collection with different forms.
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2013-05
Format:
PDF : 54 p. : ill