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China Chic: East Meets West

Author Ms. Valerie Steele, John S. Major
Publisher Yale University Press
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ISBN / ASIN0300079303
ISBN-139780300079302
Sales Rank2,213,237
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

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An exploration of the evolution of Chinese dress, from the dragon robes and lotus shoes of the imperial era to the modern Mao suit. It demolishes the myth of an ancient, unchanging mode of dress. The text is supplemented by six essays by scholars of Chinese dress.