Giorgio Armani

16 of Giorgio Armani's 390 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs.

• Haori · Japan · East Asia4 looks

  “Hip-length crossover wrap jacket with continuous contrasting collar band, wide dropped kimono-style sleeves, side tie closure; could also read as Korean jeogori or Chinese hanfu wrap.”

• Tang jacket · China · East Asia3 looks

  “Black linen top with standing band collar and centre-front closure fastened by a row of knotted loop fastenings, in a loose straight cut recalling the tangzhuang jacket.”

• Pankou / frog closures · China · East Asia2 looks

  “Horizontal fabric knot-and-loop fastenings set down the centre front in place of buttonholes, the characteristic Chinese pankou closure, done tone-on-tone in black.”

• Sfifa braid trim · Morocco · Middle East & North Africa2 looks

  “Scrolling corded passementerie braid running down the centre front opening and around the standing collar, as in Moroccan sfifa trim on caftans and jabadors.”

• Obi · Japan · East Asia2 looks

  “Wide, stiff embroidered band wrapped high around the waist over a crossover robe, cinching the wrap closure like an obi; it is reworked with button fastenings.”

• Gandoura / jabador · Morocco · Middle East & North AfricaLook 39

  “Loose velvet tunic with a small stand collar, wide straight sleeves and a braid-trimmed front, worn over matching straight trousers like a Moroccan jabador ensemble.”

• Xiangyun auspicious cloud motif · China · East AsiaLook 46

  “Stylised scrolling clouds with curled, layered ruyi-like edges in beaded and sequinned embroidery on a midnight-blue panel. Could alternatively echo Japanese cloud patterns.”

• Auspicious cloud (xiangyun) motif · China · East AsiaLook 47

  “Beaded bib panel shows stylised scrolling cloud forms with curled lobed outlines, typical of Chinese xiangyun cloud motifs, rendered in sequins and beads on velvet.”