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W. David Marx

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W. David Marx is the author of two books: Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style (Basic Books, 2015), a cultural history of menswear in Japan, and Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change (Viking Books, 2022), a general theory of how culture works. Marx graduated from Harvard College with a B.A. in East Asian Studies, and received an M.A. in Marketing and Consumer Behavior from Keio University. He currently serves as Outside Director for Otsumo Co., Ltd, the company behind the Japanese streetwear brand Human Made. He lives in Tokyo, Japan.

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