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Ametora

How Japan Saved American Style

2015·269 pages·Nonfiction

History & Politics

A cultural historian profiles the fashion dialogue between Japanese and American designers known as ametora, or "American Traditional," to trace how many basic items and traditions of the American wardrobe are tied to Japanese fashion cognoscenti. --Publisher's description. Includes primary source material.

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Ametora

How Japan Saved American Style

Year

2015

Pages

269

Type

Nonfiction

History & Politics

Description

A cultural historian profiles the fashion dialogue between Japanese and American designers known as ametora, or "American Traditional," to trace how many basic items and traditions of the American wardrobe are tied to Japanese fashion cognoscenti. --Publisher's description. Includes primary source material.

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