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In time, of course, power shifted West. Chang'an and Beijing were replaced as the sources of fashion and wisdom by Paris, London and New York. But the peripheral attitudes remained the same, including an ardent curiosity in views and trends from abroad. I have had more than one South...
On public occasions and sometimes in private, too, members of the Meiji Elite discarded their traditional dress, once modeled after the undergarments of Tang dynasty Chinese robes, and began to wear European army uniforms, morning coats, ball gowns and top hats. Courtiers and other grandees adopted European-style aristocratic titles...
Conforming to this new paradigm takes a lot of work. Lek, a pure Thai bar girl, charms the men at the Rainbow Bar in the sleaze quarters of Bangkok. Since arriving in the big city, she has methodically eradicated all connections to her rural Asian past. The first to go...
Haney creates depth in her paintings through her extensive layering of household objects. Pieces of fabric, paper and other sketches are layered on top of each other to create the sense that there is always another image trying to emerge from beneath the paint. The overall effect of this layer...
"It is a classical stereotype and simplification to say that all corporate money corrupts," Ropeik says. "We recognize that perception is a problem and are therefore very careful about how we do our work."