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Ken Takakura Wearing Levi in The Yakuza (1974)
The Levi jacket worn by Ken Takakura as Ken Tanaka in Japan set thriller The Yakuza (1974, costume design by Dorothy Jeakins) is not Japanese denim. It was not made in Japan but is nonetheless representative of a time when denim as symbol of burgeoning Americana in the East would take off into the stratosphere, and has remained so ever since. Although Levi products were imported into Japan before the 1970s (Levi International was created in 1965), it was not until mid-decade that a Tokyo office was established. This was in response to growing popularity of all things American in Japan, especially denim and especially Levi. There was no single…
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Costume Designer Theadora Van Runkle Dies Aged 83
Well known and respected Hollywood costume designer, Theadora Van Runkle, has died.
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Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were: Forties Meets Seventies
Throughout The Way We Were, Barbra Streisand wears a mix of period authenticity and contemporary fashion.