Japonisme or Not?
by Sandy Vrooman, First published for the March/April 2013 issue of Finery When trying to trace the influences of one culture to another, where does one start? In the case of Oriental influences on western fashion, we could go back to Marco Polo’s travels and the introduction of silk to European royalty; the flat Chinese fans used at Versailles, and […]
East Meets West at Japonesque
by Sally Norton, First published for the September/October 2003 issue of Finery On Sunday, Oct. 5 GBACG presents Japonesque, A Victorian Afternoon in Hakone Gardens (2100 Big Basin Way, Saratoga). This event offers something special in costuming: an opportunity to explore and combine American/European and Japanese fashions of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. Your interpretations may be historical or […]
