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W. David Marx

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Ametora Extended

The Ultimate English Language Guide to Beams’ 40th Anniversary Video

Introduction

Dec 5, 2016

The Ultimate English Language Guide to Beams’ 40th Anniversary Video

Dec 5, 2016

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Ametora Extended

Ametora Interviews: Takeyoshi Hayashida, former secretary to Kensuke Ishizu

Takeyoshi Hayashida joined the legendary Japanese clothing brand VAN Jacket in 1963 and soon became personal secretary to founder and…

Oct 26, 2016

Ametora Interviews: Takeyoshi Hayashida, former secretary to Kensuke Ishizu

Oct 26, 2016

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Ametora Extended

Who “designed” the 1964 Olympics uniforms?

A new article by fashion critic and scholar Hisako Anjō brings recognition to Yasuyuki Mochizuki, a little-known tailor shop owner who…

Sep 8, 2016

Who “designed” the 1964 Olympics uniforms?

Sep 8, 2016

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Ametora Extended

Ametora Footnotes: Chapter Four

Further notes on the birth of Japanese jeans from the book Ametora.

Aug 31, 2016

Ametora Footnotes: Chapter Four

Aug 31, 2016

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Ametora Footnotes: Chapter Three

Further notes from the triumph of Ivy League style in 1960s Japan.

Apr 22, 2016

Ametora Footnotes: Chapter Three

Apr 22, 2016

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The “Button Down Incident”

In Ametora, I reference schools banning button-down collars in the Ivy boom, and now I finally found a discrete historical reference. From…

Apr 17, 2016

The “Button Down Incident”

Apr 17, 2016

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Ametora Interviews: Yoshio Sadasue of Kamakura Shirts

Yoshio Sadasue is the Founder and Chairman of Japanese apparel company Kamakura Shirts. Long before starting the company with wife Tamiko…

Feb 8, 2016

Ametora Interviews: Yoshio Sadasue of Kamakura Shirts

Feb 8, 2016

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Ametora Extended

Ametora Footnotes: Chapter Two

Further notes from the book Ametora by W. David Marx

Dec 22, 2015

Ametora Footnotes: Chapter Two

Dec 22, 2015

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Ametora Extended

Style in Prewar Japan

Why a “nation without style” did have a bit of style.

Nov 15, 2015

Style in Prewar Japan

Nov 15, 2015

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Ametora Extended

Ametora Footnotes: Chapter One

Illustrated notes from “A Nation Without Style” about prewar and early postwar Japan.

Nov 15, 2015

Ametora Footnotes: Chapter One

Nov 15, 2015

W. David Marx

W. David Marx

Tokyo-based author of “Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style” (Basic Books, December 2015). Co-founder/editor of Néojaponisme. wdavidmarx.com

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