In World 287 the global hegemony originated not in Western Europe, but in Eastern Asia, as the centre for political and cultural influence. The Asian heritage and values were adapted by many countries augmenting the traditional robes of dynastic China. A diverse range of interpretations to their own cultural and material practices emerged, drawing on traditional knowledge and meanings, each carrying complex social histories and cultural patterns on the robes, to preserve the countries’ art culture.
This World was contributed by a Fashion Fictions contributor, building on fictions contributed by Chan Hei Tung, Faith Lim Xinyi, Charlyn Chew Yi Ci and Jang Yeon Jung, and Amy Twigger Holroyd, using a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence which allows others to share and adapt the work in any medium and for any purpose, providing that they credit the author and share their material using the same Creative Commons licence.
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