20th-century designers (Japan) reading list
This list includes designers who are/were based elsewhere, but who retain strong links with their homeland.
General
Aoki, S. Fruits, New York, 2001
Aoki, S. Fresh Fruits. New York, 2005
Atkins, J. Wearing Propaganda: Textiles on the Home Front in Japan, Britain, and the United States. London, 2005
Koren, L. New Fashion Japan. New York, 1984
McVeigh, B.J. Wearing Ideology: State, Schooling and Self-Presentation in Japan (Dress, Body, Culture). London, 2000
Mitchell, L. (Ed.) The Cutting Edge: Fashion From Japan. Hampshire, 2006
Richie, D. & Garner, R. Image Factory: Fads and Fashions in Japan. London, 2004
Comme Des Garcons
Grande, F. Comme des Garcons (Universe of Fashion). New York, 1998
Rizzoli. Rei Kawakubo & Commes Des Garcons (Blueprint Monographs). New York, 1990
Shimizu, S. Comme des Garcons: Unlimited. Tokyo, 2005
Kenzo
Sainderichin, G. Kenzo: Memoir de la Mode (Universe of Fashion). London, 1999
Issey Miyake
Bniam, L. Issey Miyake (Universe of Fashion). London, 1997
Kries, M. & Von Vegesack, A. (eds) A-Poc Making: Issey Miyake and Dai Fujiwara. Weil am Rheim, 2001
Miyake, I., Sato, K., Chandes, H. & Meier, R. Issey Miyake: Making Things. London, 1999
Penn, I., Miyake, I. & Kitamura, M. Irving Penn Regards the Work of Issey Miyake: Photographs 1975-1998. New York, 1999
Penn, I. Issey Miyake. New York, 1988
Yohji Yamamoto
Baudot, F. Yohji Yamamoto (Memoirs). London, 2005
Yamamoto, Y, Sozzani, C. & Washida, K. Yohji Yamamoto: Talking To Myself. London, 2002
Yuki (Gnyuki Torimaru)
Yuki (Torimaru,G.) Yuki. Cambridge, 1998
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