Ruth Leon recommends… Insider Insights: Introducing kimono as fashion at the Met
Ruth Leon recommendsThe Met has launched an Insider Insights video on their Kimono exhibits. Monika Bincsik, Diane and Arthur Abbey and Associate Curator of Japanese Decorative Arts, and Marco Leona, David H. Koch Scientist in Charge, Scientific Research, both experts from the Metropolitan Museum in New York to explore the history and modernization of the Japanese kimono.
For the influence of the Japanese kimono on western fashions look at the designs of Hanae Mori, the Japanese haute couture designer who died on 11th August aged 96. She combined the traditional Japanese kimono with French haute couture with stunning results.
“With his most recent works, Puriya Dhanashri and the three-CD set Bhimpalasi, Michael Robinson fuses raga music with traditional Western orchestral instruments and computer-generated sounds. As if this weren’t original enough, each recording comes with a one-of-a-kind cover made by Robinson himself from paper imported from Japan and India.” (Amanda MacBlane, NewMusicBox)
The papers from Japan MacBlane noted are inspired by traditional Kimono designs, selected to reflect and enhance the individual nature of each work.
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