Isabel Marant

6 of Isabel Marant's 156 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs. The house is based in France.

• Pankou / frog closures · China · East Asia3 looks

  France → China

  “Four black corded loop-and-knot-button closures fastening the centre front and collar, the classic Chinese pankou arrangement, here on a padded satin bomber.”

• Tang jacket · China · East AsiaLook 28

  France → China

  “Padded red satin jacket with standing collar, front-fastened by knot buttons and dark cuffs, recalling a quilted tang zhuang / mian'ao, reworked as an oversized bomber.”

• Sashiko · Japan · East AsiaLook 4

  France → Japan

  “Indigo cotton covered in dense grids of fine white running-stitch lines, resembling sashiko reinforcement stitching; could also be a woven or printed imitation.”

• Sukajan / souvenir jacket · Japan · East AsiaLook 17

  France → Japan

  “Lustrous satin-like shell, contrast raglan sleeves, ribbed collar and hem, large dense machine-embroidered scenic back panel. The American road motif replaces the usual tigers and dragons.”

• Navajo / dine weaving pattern · Diné (Navajo) · Indigenous North AmericaLook 12

  France → Diné (Navajo)

  “Stepped, serrated diamond lozenges and banded geometric borders in red, pink and grey on cream, recalling Diné rug layouts; rendered as fuzzy mohair knit.”