Certainly in Japan! The Bunka Gakuin had an exhibit of Worth gowns made for the Imperial Court and assorted lords & ladies, ambassadors & that sort. Lots of Asian designs of birds & flowers especially those invoking the seasons, such as peonies, cranes. Imperial chrysanthamums in profusion, of course. There's another yellow Worth gown with a design of Chinese stylized clouds and Japanese rising sun rays. You can also look thru the Kyoto Museum of Costume catalog for some ideas. Over the last couple centuries, seems like every 20 years or so there's a fad for Chinoiserie or Japanoiserie. There's a framed Peterson's fashion plate hanging on the wall in my dining room entitled "Receiving in the Japanese Room" May 1879. The (western) ladies wear mildly Asian fabric design made up as completely typical European fashions. The lady wearing a dolman with very Chinese designs is bowing Japanese-style. I also have two triple ukyio-e (Japan 1880s) hanging showing the Imperial court in semi-Western fashions. There's another big rush for Asian designs (nearly any ethnic design, really) after WWI. These arent brocades, tho. I'll send you a few photos off-list, if you like. Yoroshiku, --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Kimiko Small <sstormwa...@yahoo.com> wrote: > With all the current discussion on Victorian era clothing (something I am > trying to learn more about), I was wondering when Asian fabrics might have > been used, if at all? Or is that something that comes in later, like > Edwardian era or later? > > The reason why I ask is I have some Asian brocade fabrics in my stash that > was originally meant for a larp costume, but I am pondering using it for a > Victorian winter _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
