Acknowledgment; Introduction Fashion, Free Trade, and the ''Rise of the Asian Designer'; Part I; 1. Crossing the Assembly Line: Skills, Knowledge, and the Borders of Fashion; 2. All in the Family? Kin, Gifts, and the Networks of Fashion; Part II; 3. The Cultural Economy of Asian Chic; 4. ''Material Mao'': Fashioning Histories Out of Icons; 5. Asia on My Mind: Transnational Intimacies and Cultural Genealogies; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index