AMETORA The story of how Japan saved American style How did the Japanese create

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AMETORA The story of how Japan saved American style How did the Japanese create. (Asahi Shimbun 2017.9.17 book review by Ken Mori). (WWD 2017.8.26 Yoshiki Hayashi). (Nihon Keizai Shimbun, August 17, 2017, Kenro Hayami). This is Japan Import, written in Japanese Language. Chapter 1: Japan, a country without style. General Description "It's not just postwar fashion history, but the postwar history of this country itself." - Recommended by Akio Miyazawa!``This book is not only a history of fashion culture, but also a first-class postwar historical nonfiction book.'' (Asahi Shimbun 2017.9.17 book review by Ken Mori)``What this book tells is the history of the distorted relationship between Japan and the United States.The admiration for America, the victorious nation, was a mixture of love and hate.'' (Nihon Keizai Shimbun, August 17, 2017, Kenro Hayami)``It is also a story of men who, driven by admiration and complexes, changed the culture of other countries into their own.'' (WWD 2017.8.26 Yoshiki Hayashi)``When the history of domestic jeans and the success of Uniqlo are placed in the context of this book, they appear in a different light.'' (Shincho 45, November 2017 issue, Fumiko Sakuma)*This book was published by DU BOOKS at the regular price (2,200 yen + tax).The long-awaited translated version of the book "Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style", which was published in the United States and became a hot topic! The Japanese have turned "admiration" into a business and created their own culture and tradition!Japanese people have added their own interpretations and evaluations to styles imported from post-war America, such as ivy, jeans, and streetwear, and have researched them, created manuals, and passed them on.This is a masterpiece of non-fiction that depicts how, from the 1990s onward, men's fashion in the United States and around the world has been based on Japan.VAN, Magazine House, Men's Club, Yasuhiko Kobayashi, Kazuo Hozumi, Toshiyuki Kurosu, etc...Based on interviews with pioneers, instigators, and those involved, as well as existing materials, this book sheds new light on the history of Japan's postwar men's clothing from a historical perspective.Shosuke Ishizu, Takahiro Kinoshita (POPEYE editor-in-chief), Kaori Nakano, Madoka Yamazaki, William Gibson, John C. Jay (Fast Retailing) and others are highly praised!【table of contents】Introduction A strange incident that occurred in Ginza on the eve of the Tokyo OlympicsChapter 1: Japan, a country without styleChapter 2 Ivy Church - Teachings of Kensuke IshizuChapter 3 Bringing Ivy to the People - VAN's StrategyChapter 4 Jeans Revolution - How to sell denim to Japanese people?Chapter 5 Cataloging America: Establishing Fashion MediaChapter 6 Fuck it! Yankees - Masayuki Yamazaki and the FiftiesChapter 7 Emerging Money: Preppy, DC, ShivkajiChapter 8 From Harajuku to everywhere - Hiroshi and NIGO's global expansionChapter 9 Vintage and Replicas: The Rise of Secondhand Clothing Stores and Japanese JeansChapter 10 Exporting Americana: A country that created its own AmericanaAcknowledgmentNotes and sourcesReferencesindex Appearance/Included Item This is Japan Import, written in Japanese Language. 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