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Since the 1860s Japan saw a massive influence by Wester European fashion, so much so that Japanese emperors abandoned wearing traditional Japanese clothing in favor of European ones within a single generation. How was end of isolationism related to this "standardization" of Western-style fashion?

by /u/VicomteChateaubriand in /r/AskHistorians

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