British Asian Style: Fashion and Textiles/Past & PresentSouth Asian textiles have shaped British fashion and dress for centuries, from the fashionable chintzes of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, through the silk and paisley Boteh patterns of the nineteenth century, to the orientalism of 1960s bohemian fashion. British Asian Style looks at the on going importance of South Asian textiles to British culture and fashion, as styles move into the mainstream. Chapters by leading authors focus on

Waist: 29”

Pink Peppercorn

accordion pleat detail on the skirt

large black-on-black polka dots in fabric

embrace anachronism and pastiche

Shoulder: 19

Whenever I find a beaded piece made in Hong Kong during this time period

These homes are as delightfully different and idiosyncratic as the people who inhabit them

Length: 40”

and most reflect the popular styles of their era

white flowers thrown into the air

Bust: Up to 32"