What is Reddit's opinion of Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style?

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I find it unfortunate that Bodega didn’t give more credit to scholar and author W. David Marx (aka Marxy), who wrote the definitive book on Ametora, called... wait for it… Ametora! The article shamelessly rips a lot of its substance from the pages of his amazing book.

Highly recommended reading. Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style https://www.amazon.com/dp/0465059732/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_xHFsCbB3PYVTQ

Edit: more than half way through he gets two mentions, one of which calls his book the Bible of Ametora, so I revised shameful to unfortunate.

Not an article (sorry), but I really enjoyed this book. It does sort of lean more into the Japanese streetwear trend towards the second half of the book, but it's all around a great read if you haven't heard of it before. You could also check Heddels for their articles on the history of particular fashion brands and articles of clothing, they might have something.

Very clumsily worded, but, Japanese reiterations of western garments are on another level.

And folk in Japan who are into clothes are deeply immersed in it, very knowledgeable about fabric, cut drape and the history of garments..

Quite a few British heritage brands openly admit that without the very specialised nature of the Japanese market that their goods would no longer be in production.

W.DAVID MARX's Ametora is a good primer in Japanese cultures obsession with Americana..https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ametora-Japan-Saved-American-Style/dp/0465059732

The relationship between Japan and traditional American styles (prep, Ivy looks, workwear, western wear) is really fascinating. “Ametora” is sort of <em>the book</em> when it comes to learning about this trend, but there are plenty of good summaries available online.

That’s why some of the “best” Americana or Ivy League type clothes are actually coming from Japanese brands - Kamakura, Beams, and roughly a million different selvedge denim brands.

AOTD: I live in Austin. No snow/slush here.

GD: Finished reading Mark Lawrence's Broken Empire Trilogy last night. I really enjoyed them, though they could have been a little longer.

I'm going to take a short break from fantasy and read Ametora next.

GD2: I really need to take some photos of a few pairs for B/S/T I'm just being really lazy about it.

Ametora is pretty cool

sure. no problem

https://www.amazon.com/Ametora-Japan-Saved-American-Style/dp/0465059732

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Take a look at the Japanese Ivy look.

http://www.ivy-style.com/the-man-who-brought-ivy-to-japan.html

https://www.amazon.com/Ametora-Japan-Saved-American-Style/dp/0465059732

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I have, on numerous occasions, waxed poetic about my utter disdain for loafers. They have even caused a negative visceral reaction on occasion. However, I just finished Ametora and I keep reading those stupid Style and Fashion drawings from Put This On, and I feel the Dark Side of the Force taking hold.

GD: I just finished reading Ametora. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in Japanese culture and fashion. You can read an excerpt here.

GD2: Going to see The Book of Mormon tonight. I'm really excited!

This guy I used to kinda know "wrote the book" on this phenomenon.

Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style

http://www.amazon.com/Ametora-Japan-Saved-American-Style/dp/0465059732 (not an affiliate link)

I haven't finished it, but I got a copy of Ametora from my sister, and I really like it. It sheds light on the role of Japanese fashion in the world today, which I think is quite interesting.