Asian Art Museum docent lecture on Japanese aesthetics, including examples from their current exhibition, Kimono Refashioned.

Luxuriate in this truly beautiful exploration of Japanese aesthetics as expressed in their art and culture.

"In the early 1980s, Japanese avant-garde designers took Paris by storm, disrupting the world of haute couture with their minimalist, deconstructed clothing. But this was not the first time that Japanese design principles had transformed international fashion. Instead, as Kimono Refashioned reveals, kimono — its materials, forms, techniques and decorative motifs — has inspired designers for more than 150 years"