Dangerous Designs: Asian Women Fashion the Diaspora Economies Book

Dangerous Designs: Asian Women Fashion the Diaspora Economies, Dangerous Designs tells the story of Asian fashion in the West, and describes how Asian dress has become culturally charged and powerfully coded, defining contemporary cultural and economic borders., Dangerous Designs: Asian Women Fashion the Diaspora Economies

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Dangerous Designs: Asian Women Fashion the Diaspora Economies
Written by author P. Bhachu
Published by Taylor & Francis, Inc., December 2003
Dangerous Designs tells the story of Asian fashion in the West, and describes how Asian dress has become culturally charged and powerfully coded, defining contemporary cultural and economic borders.
In late-1990s Britain, the salwaar-kameez or 'Punjabi suit' emerged as a high-fashion garment. Popular both on the catwalk and on the street, it made front-page news when worn by Diana, Princess of Wales and by Cherie Booth, the wife of UK Prime Minister

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List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction 1
Pt. I Travels of the suit 9
1 Cultural narratives of the suit 11
2 Ethnicized consumption 25
Pt. II Design narratives 37
3 Pioneering fashion entrepreneur: Geeta Sarin 41
4 Second-generation design globalizer: Bubby Mahil 56
5 Selling the nation: revivalist Indian designer Ritu Kumar 68
6 Selling art clothes in classed markets 83
Conclusion: national elites versus diaspora design entrepreneurs 93
Pt. III Suit marketers 99
7 Daminis: a commercial community mama's shops 103
8 Networking marketers of ready-made suits 115
Pt. IV Sewing cultures: sketching and designing 131
9 Diasporic sina-prona: sewing and patterning cultures 134
10 Designing diasporas through sketches 142
Conclusion: disruptive markets from the margins 169
Glossary 174
Notes 176
Bibliography 185
Index 190

Title: Dangerous Designs: Asian Women Fashion the Diaspora Economies

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Weight: 0.200 kg (0.44 lbs)

Width: 6.140 cm (2.42 inches)

Heigh : 9.210 cm (3.63 inches)

Depth: 0.500 cm (0.20 inches)

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This is a historical text from a business perspective, yet lacks enough photographs to wake you up and keep you engaged. Not thrilled- found it challenging to get through and didn't find it at all insightful

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	List of illustrations
	Acknowledgements
	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Travels of the suit	9
1	Cultural narratives of the suit	11
2	Ethnicized consumption	25
Pt. II	Design narratives	37
3	Pioneering fashion entrepreneur: Geeta Sarin	41
4	Second-generation design globalizer: Bubby Mahil	56
5	Selling the nation: revivalist Indian designer Ritu Kumar	68
6	Selling art clothes in classed markets	83
	Conclusion: national elites versus diaspora design entrepreneurs	93
Pt. III	Suit marketers	99
7	Daminis: a commercial community mama's shops	103
8	Networking marketers of ready-made suits	115
Pt. IV	Sewing cultures: sketching and designing	131
9	Diasporic sina-prona: sewing and patterning cultures	134
10	Designing diasporas through sketches	142
	Conclusion: disruptive markets from the margins	169
	Glossary	174
	Notes	176
	Bibliography	185
	Index	190