Fashion Asia

the long version

"Asian fashion today is fresh, exciting, edgy and poised to reinvigorate the world scene in much the same way as Parisian haute couture did in the 1930s. With growing investment and media exposure, its fruits will come as a refreshing shock to fashion aficionados everywhere." "Country by country and designer by designer, Fashion Asia provides a visually stunning portrait of the different ideals of Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, The Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. It offers rare access to some of the most innovative designs from a fashion world in which private commissions are seldom seen by the public. And it presents Asian fashion in its purest form, through the eyes of those who are shaping the nascent industry: its designers."--Jacket.