Japanese people are well known for their creativity and innovation including lifestyle, technology, and certainly fashion. But it is not very long ago since Tokyo has become a major fashion city. From reading How American Style Fueled Postwar Youth Fashion in Japan by Chantal Fernandez, it is clear postwar period is a major pivot point in Japanese fashion.
Before war time, Japanese fashion was not globalized or spread worldwide. During war time, no one had time and energy to focus on fashion at all. It is not until after the war, Japanese public had more global exposure. For example, Kensuke Ishizu was inspired by men’s Ivy fashion in the US. However, the innovative Japanese did not take American influence for granted, but came up with their own spin that fits the Japanese population. Ishizu’s idea is not to create a replica but make it their own instead so that Japanese youths can wear his clothes and have the same American feel without wearing actual Levi. Ironically, in a good way, Japanese adaptation on American style became popular in the States as well.
Japan is a intriguing country because how fast they can learn from others, adapt, and create new things on their own. This reminds me of their language. They learned so much from the Chinese language so that a Chinese would have no trouble reading their Kanji. However, the pronunciation is entirely different from Chinese. This also shows the innovative blood running in them for generations. If I were to design a country, I would wish to have the same ability to not only learn from but adapt knowledge from third parties.
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Stump, Scott. (2018, August 16). Ziploc has a fashion line now and it looks so fresh. Today.
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