1.   Harem pants from India, kimono sleeves and obi sashes from Japan, mandarin collars and frog closings from China all exist comfortably in this fashion panorama.

2.   Kimono sleeves were sewn to the front of some jackets so that arms looked primly and piously extended in supplication.

3.   Flashes of orange velvet, and boleros lined with fake-fur and featuring huge kimono sleeves add dash.

4.   The camerawork, which uses a strobe-light effect, transforms violence into a dreamlike sequence -- a ballet-like flurry of kimono sleeves and flashing metal.

5.   Women tied up their kimono sleeves with thin sashes and practiced skewering straw dummies with bamboo spears.