I'm reading "Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style". This is a book on how Japan became leading power in western menswear.
Apart from being an interesting book on fashion history, it also draws a lot of interesting connections & facts.
For example, that renowned Japanese magazine Popeye has this weird, almost construction catalog structure because it was inspired by... "The Whole Earth Catalog."
Or how in post-war Japan western formal wear was a punk-like form of protest of teens against elderly.
Apart from being an interesting book on fashion history, it also draws a lot of interesting connections & facts.
For example, that renowned Japanese magazine Popeye has this weird, almost construction catalog structure because it was inspired by... "The Whole Earth Catalog."
Or how in post-war Japan western formal wear was a punk-like form of protest of teens against elderly.