Fashion Asia

by Bullis, Douglas

• ISBN13: 9780500282380
• ISBN10: 0500282382
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc

Summary

Asian fashion--exciting, unpredictable, inventive--is reminiscent of Paris haute couture in the 1930s. With growing media exposure, it has come as a refreshing shock to Western fashion aficionados. Here is an approach to fashion that isn't about what you wear but about who you are, a showcase for the deepest values of identity, expressing both timelessness and the moment. Organized country by country and designer by designer, Fashion Asia provides a visually stunning portrait of the different trends and styles in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines. It offers rare access to some of the most innovative designs to have emanated from a fashion world in which many private commissions are never seen by the public. And it presents Asian fashion through the eyes of those who are shaping the nascent industry: in candid, enlightening interviews, the designers describe their thoughts and working processes in their own words. 242 color illustrations.

Author Biography

A graduate of the University of San Francisco, Douglas Bullis has spent many years living and working in Asia.

Table of Contents

Preface	6	(2)
Introduction	8	(4)
Indonesia
Didi Budiardjo
Carmanita
Ronald Gaghana
Sebastian Gunawan
Ghea Panggabean
House of Prajudi
Lily Salim
Biyan Wanaatmadja	12	(32)
Singapore
Allan Chai
Celia Loe
Cynthia Ng Meng Sim
Wykidd Song and Ann Kelly
Esther Tay
Peter Teo
Kevin Tsao Yao-Wen
Tan Yoong	44	(28)
Malaysia
Sharifah Meheran Barakbah
Bernard Chandran
Bill Keith
Leung Thong Ping
Carven Ong
Rizalman
Edmund Ser	72	(28)
Thailand
Nagara
Sahasab Pinprachasan	100	(8)
The Philippines
Cesar Gaupo
Inno Sotto
Patis Tesoro	108	(18)
Taiwan
Jamei Chen
Shiatzy Chen
Stephane Dou and Changlee Yugin
Sophie Hong
Lee Kuann-I	126	(24)
Hong Kong
William Chan
Bonita Cheung
Lu Lu Cheung
Ika
Peter Lau
Walter Ma
William Tang
Rowena U
Pacino Wan
Benny Yeung
Kevin Yeung	150	(40)
China
Yvoone Ding Xue Lian
Coco Ma	190	(10)
The Future	200	(5)
Contact Addresses	205	(2)
Acknowledgments	207