Singapore, Sarong Kebaya and Style : Peranakan Fashion in an Interconnected World Art nouveau anticipated the style of the

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Singapore, Sarong Kebaya and Style : Peranakan Fashion in an Interconnected World Art nouveau anticipated the style of the2016 marks the 50th anniversary of establishment of Singapore Japan diplomatic relations. On this occasion, an exhibition entitled Singapore, Sarong Kebaya and Style: Peranakan Fashion in an Interconnected World has been jointly organised by the Fukuoka Art Museum, the Shoto Museum of Art, and the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, with Peter Lee, an expert on Peranakan culture, as guest curator. Peranakans are descendants of Chinese who migrated