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		In the 17th century the VOC imported, from China, tens of thousands of pieces of the typical blue and white porcelain, that became a huge hit with the rich Dutch citizens and the rest of Europe. Soon after the Dutch, when they had copied the Chinese techniques, produced their own blue white porcelain. The illustrations of the Delftware bowls, pots, vases and plates consisted out of the homely and scenes from the Bible. Something you can see in this Blue & White China collection, with a slightly naughty twist…


	In 1991 the Chinese director Zhang Yimou mesmerized the cinema’s public around the whole world with the images of the movie Raise the Red Lantern. Songlian, a young woman, is in love with a singer from the Beijing Opera, but is married off as the third wife of a rich landlord Chen. Every night Chen chooses one woman by hanging a red lantern in front of the house of his choice. The red with pink print of the lanterns, the Swarovski stones and metal lantern ornaments refer to the red lantern, which played such an important role in the drama of the master and his four wives.


	One of the most beautiful Buddhist temples of the Far East, situated in the North of Thailand, near the city Chiang Rai. Built to honour the purity of the Buddha, decorated with fierce dragons on the outside, and covered in western comic strip super heroes on the inside. Elements of dragon scales, the radiant white and the shiny silver ornaments are all present in the White Temple collection.


		The term for a female ninja: Japanese spy that, alongside her martial arts, uses illusion, tricks and psychology. They were used because of their ingenuity and silent manner of working. Disguises, camouflage, poison, archery and sword fighting were their specialities. This nude and neon collection, combined with punky flowery lace and black leather wouldn’t be unbecoming of a present day ninja. Go Kunoichi!


	In the year 2000 the Taiwanese / American director Ang Lee surprised everyone with his masterpiece Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a Mandarin spoken martial arts film, with which he won four Academy Awards, the sword fighting lady warriors and the amazing choreography of the movie made a lasting impression. This black satin collection is an ode to the elegant fighters of the groundbreaking film classic.