This piece is a week old now but what an unexpected crosshair of cultural intersections: Issey Miyake in the NY Times on his memories of the atom-bombing of Hiroshima.
I tried never to be defined by my past. I did not want to be labeled “the designer who survived the atomic bomb,” and therefore I have always avoided questions about Hiroshima. They made me uncomfortable.
This story never gets old.
Boy meets Girl.
Boy takes Girl’s style and one-ups it.
Girl finds it funny.
Five years later Girl finds it charming.
Boy moves on.
Exhibit 1:
In The NY Times today
“The Japanese get the whole perfect American thing better than Americans. They understand that it’s an identifiable style around the world, this American look. We think we appreciate it, but we really don’t, not like they do.”
Exhibit 2:
Women’s Wear Daily featured video on “Japanese Goths” vis-à-vis “American Goths”