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Books on Asian Dress

  The Nyonya Kebaya: A Century Of Straits Chinese Costume

Jewellery of Tibet and the Himalayas Books John Clarke

GOTHIC LOLITA and other Japanese Alternative Fashion Magazines for sale
The Japanese Revolution in Paris Fashion (Dress, Body, Culture)
Traditional Japanese Fashions Paper Dolls (Traditional Fashions)
Fruits [MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION]
fashioningkimono.jpg (19057 bytes) Amazon.com Fashioning Kimono Dress And Modernity in Early Twentieth-century Japan Books Reiko M

The Sari

Sadi Thread & Shisha Glass Embroidery: Techniques and Design to Inspire Creative Stitching

Saris: An Illustrated Guide to the Indian Art of Draping

Kimono

Asian Costumes and Textiles from the Bosphorus to Fujiyama: The Zaira and Marcel Mis Collection

Every Step a Lotus: Shoes for Bound Feet

China and Japan (Cultures and Costumes)

Mumtaz of the Taj Mahal Paper Dolls

Chinese Fashions

The Cheongsam (Images of Asia)

Little Chinese Girl Paper Doll (Dover Little Activity Books)
Chinese Girl and Boy Paper Dolls

 

Splendid Slippers : A Thousand Years of an Erotic Tradition

The Sari

Clothing Matters : Dress and Identity in India

The Japanese Kimono (Images of Asia)

Hair : Its Power and Meaning in Asian Cultures

Costumes and Textiles of Royal India

Kimono: Fashioning Culture
The Book of Kimono

Dragons and Silk from the Forbidden City

Dress in Detail Around the World

Evolution & Revolution: Chinese Dress, 1700S-1900s

Fruits (Japanese Street clothing worn by teens)

Making Shoji
Making Japanese Lamps and Lanterns

Sadi Thread & Shisha Glass Embroidery

Kabuki Costume

Embroidery from India and Pakistan (Fabric Folios)

Miao Textiles from China (Fabric Folios)

Textile Art of Japan

Kimono Vanishing Tradition : Japanese Textiles of the 20th Century

Asian Costumes and Textiles from the Bosphorus to Fujiyama : The Zaira and Marcel Mis Collection

Irving Penn Regards the Work of Issey Miyake : Photographs 1975-1998

Aching for Beauty : Footbinding in China

Bound Feet & Western Dress [ABRIDGED]

Video: The Secret Life Of Geisha

Ottoman Embroidery

China Chic : A Visual Memoir of Chinese Style and Culture

Chinese Opera Costumes Paper Dolls

Chinese Clothing : An Illustrated Guide, Valery M. Garrett (Highly illustrated, and high on drool factor)

Clothing Matters : Dress and Identity in India

Rapt in Colour : Korean Textiles and Costumes of the Chosen Dynasty

The Book of Kimono

Japanese Textiles : In the Victoria and Albert Museum

Make Your Own Japanese Clothes : Patterns and Ideas for Modern Wear

China Chic : East Meets West

Imperial Wardrobe

Woven Cargoes : Indian Textiles in the East

Costumes and Textiles of Royal India

  Kabuki Costumes Paper Dolls

Japanese Kimono Paper Dolls in Full Color

Chinese Opera Costumes Paper Dolls

Chinese Women's Fashion Paper Dolls

Japanese Warrior Costumes

Chinese Opera

Chinese Opera : Images and Stories

Peking Opera (Images of Asia)

Japanese Fashions

Traditional Fashions from India Paper Dolls

Indian Embroidery

Culture of Clothing Among Taiwan Aborigines : Tradition, Meaning, Images

Ladder to the Clouds : Intrigue and Tradition in Chinese Rank

Wearing Ideology : State, Schooling and Self-Presentation in Japan

Mandarin Squares : Mandarins and Their Insignia

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