His previous research has focused on Asian responses to modernity seen through art objects of the everyday like fashion, the suit and its role in modernity, the ideas of style and the classic, and the governing dynamics of systems of fashion. His doctoral research at the University of Sydney examined the Modernity of Japanese clothing and the implications of that unique sartorial history for contemporary theories of fashion. He also lectures at Keio University and has lectured at the University of Technology Sydney in fashion history and theory. For some prerequisite reading, please read Sharon Kinsella’s 1995 essay “Cuties in Japan” !