Round table : "The influence of Asia in Western fashion" - Musée Guimet

The influence of Asia in Western fashion

General Introduction

Aurélie Samuel, heritage curator, former director of collections at the Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Paris, specialist in Asian influences in fashion. Co-curator of the exhibition "Médecines d'Asie" presented at the Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet

Historical China and the arrival of the first Chinese clothes with some Japanese examples

Hélène Gascuel, heritage curator, in charge of the textile collections at the Musée national des arts asiatiques Guimet

Made in China, fast fashion, China becomes the first consumer of luxury

Sophie Kurkdjian, doctor in media history, specialist in the geopolitics of fashion

Fashion in the years 10-20: from decoration to cutting

Catherine Join-Diéterle, former director of the Galliera Museum

Christian Dior and Yves Saint Laurent, a certain idea of Asia

Aurélie Samuel

Lecoanet Hemant, a fashion house between Paris and New Delhi

Sylvie Marot, Independent curator, specialist in fashion heritage and author