"In Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong everyday dress as worn by men and women is highly Westernized."
"While Western fashion is preoccupied with clothes that reveal and emphasize the female form, for Japanese designers the shape of the body and the display of flesh are of much less concern."
"For thousands of years, Chinese dress was deeply entwined with social hierarchy, being one of its more important and visible expressions."
"Only the emperor was allowed to wear yellow, his sons were required to wear golden yellow, while nobles wore blue-black."
"Clothing was an instrument of order in a society dedicated to hierarchy, harmony and moderation."
"If people want to be modern they feel they must dress in a Western way: Western dress is the sartorial badge of modernity."
"The Western form - above all, skin colour, the defining signifier, but also other Caucasian features has had a profound and enduring impact on east Asian societies over the last two hundred years"
"For a Japanese to look in the mirror and wish to see a white person, or to emphasize those features which resemble those of a Caucasian - is a powerful statement of self-image."
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