I had no idea the wave coincided with the ‘97 financial crisis! That’s enlightening. I’ve been meaning to dig into that since that’s when my family went bankrupt and moved to the states. Can’t wait for part 2 and to contextualize Mikio Sakabe’s show in Tokyo with this in mind. (He used models with long hair and the reference was definitely to horror).
I had no idea the wave coincided with the ‘97 financial crisis! That’s enlightening. I’ve been meaning to dig into that since that’s when my family went bankrupt and moved to the states. Can’t wait for part 2 and to contextualize Mikio Sakabe’s show in Tokyo with this in mind. (He used models with long hair and the reference was definitely to horror).
MIKIO SAKABE!! i love him. goat
financial crises are very integral to asian diaspora! a lot of my friends’ families moved to the states/europe during 97 crisis as well.
I’m grateful to you for touching on it, it somehow lessens the personal burden. <3