Rhegille Baltazar
Bhachu's article primarily focuses on the South Asian "hip" or chicness within British fashion. This continues the discourse on Asian fashion's globalized economy and movement and influence toward the West.
"The Punjabi suit is intensely politically and culturally coded and a powerful consumer material culture... the interpretation of which represents the agency of diaspora Asian women, and which has further implications for the negotiation of many versions of 'European' cultural and consumer landscapes" (Bhachu). I relate this article to our recent visit to the Kimono Refashioned exhibit at the Asian Art museum. These ethnic wears play a role in consumer material culture and are negotiated within European landscapes. One can see how the kimono was placed in the landscape during the Victorian era through the pieces within the exhibit, negotiating both Japanese and English styles.
Bhachu writes commentary on the choices of Asian diasporic women and fashion. "...the interpretation of semiotically charged consumption choices/material economies, which grow out of her socialization to the codes of her locality" (Bhachu). These choices grow out of the reactions and interactions of the individual to the global economy and also as a product of it. This then shows how she is socialized to not only her own mother culture but her area and environment.
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