W. David Marx — The Culture of Fashion in Japan

On Margins

W. David Marx and I talk about his book Ametora, Japanese culture, and books in translation.

Full transcript is available online:

https://craigmod.com/onmargins/s02e03/

Noted:

• Ametora: How Japan Saved American Fashion
• AMETORA(アメトラ) 日本がアメリカンスタイルを救った物語
• Néojaponisme
• @wdavidmarx on Twitter
• A Bathing Ape Takes a Final Bath
• Brift H shoe shine master
• David’s recent writing about obscurity in the Internet Age
• Scarcity Makes the Heart Grow Fonder - early nytimes piece on BAPE, David quoted
• American Truck Simulator