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Ametora Extended

Footnotes, spin-offs, and updates to W. David Marx’s book “Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style.”

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Oct 26, 2016

Ametora Interviews: Takeyoshi Hayashida, former secretary to Kensuke Ishizu

Takeyoshi Hayashida joined…

W. David Marx in Ametora Extended

Sep 8, 2016

Who “designed” the 1964 Olympics uniforms?

A new article by fashion critic and scholar Hisako Anjō…

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W. David Marx in Ametora Extended

Aug 31, 2016

Ametora Footnotes: Chapter Four

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

W. David Marx in Ametora Extended

Apr 21, 2016

Ametora Footnotes: Chapter Three

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

W. David Marx in Ametora Extended

Apr 16, 2016

The “Button Down Incident”

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

W. David Marx in Ametora Extended

Feb 8, 2016

Ametora Interviews: Yoshio Sadasue of Kamakura Shirts

Yoshio Sadasue is the Founder and Chairman of…

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W. David Marx in Ametora Extended

Nov 15, 2015

Style in Prewar Japan

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

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W. David Marx in Ametora Extended

Nov 15, 2015

Ametora Footnotes: Chapter One

Illustrated notes from “A Nation Without Style” about prewar and early…

W. David Marx in Ametora Extended

Nov 15, 2015

Men’s Club vs. the Miyuki Tribe

Just as the Miyuki Tribe hit the Ginza streets in June 1964, fashion…