Asian Dragon Images I found:
Dragon Robes
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Laurence Xu
Dragon Robe dress, 2011
Taken in the ‘China: Through the Looking Glass’ exhibition (May-September 2015).
This exhibition explores the impact of Chinese aesthetics on Western fashion and how China has fueled the fashionable imagination for centuries. In this collaboration between The Costume Institute and the Department of Asian Art, high fashion is juxtaposed with Chinese costumes, paintings, porcelains, and other art, including films, to reveal enchanting reflections of Chinese imagery.
From the earliest period of European contact with China in the sixteenth century, the West has been enchanted with enigmatic objects and imagery from the East, providing inspiration for fashion designers from Paul Poiret to Yves Saint Laurent, whose fashions are infused at every turn with romance, nostalgia, and make-believe. Through the looking glass of fashion, designers conjoin disparate stylistic references into a pastiche of Chinese aesthetic and cultural traditions.
The exhibition features more than 140 examples of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear alongside Chinese art. Filmic representations of China are incorporated throughout to reveal how our visions of China are framed by narratives that draw upon popular culture, and also to recognize the importance of cinema as a medium through which to understand the richness of Chinese history.
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In the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue, New York
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Twin sisters, "Cheyenne and Cierra" performing an Indian Bollywood Dance routine – Asia Fest 2015, is the annual celebration of National Asia Pacific American Heritage, it was held on this past Saturday, April 25 at the Cotanchobee Park in downtown Tampa along with the annual Dragon Boat Race.
