152 Old Money, New Money, and the Return of City Pop Culture: The Status Game Behind Fashion Changes
What does Japanese fashion and culture look like through the eyes of an American who has lived in Tokyo for twenty years? How does he view the cultural networks behind fashion and status? This episode is fortunate to invite W. David Marks, who lives in Tokyo and has long observed fashion culture, to share his interesting insights. A few years ago, his earlier work Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style (translated as Harajuku Cowboys in Chinese) sparked attention and heated discussion worldwide, and the Chinese edition was also very popular. Teacher Sha previously discussed this book specifically in Episode 63 of Left and Right. In this episode, Teacher Sha will have a face-to-face dialogue with Marks, discussing the history of fashion culture and Marks's new book Status and Culture. From the aesthetics born of Japan's bubble economy in the 1980s to the clothing choices of contemporary Silicon Valley tech elites; from the "aesthetic war" between old money and new money over luxury goods, to the accelerated devaluation of status symbols in the social media era—these seemingly disparate cultural phenomena are cleverly linked together in Marks's new book Status and Culture, allowing us to glimpse the operating laws of fashion.
Original Chinese title & description
152 老钱、新贵与卷土重来的City Pop文化：时尚变迁背后的地位游戏
当一个美国人在东京生活了二十年，他眼中的日本时尚与文化呈现出怎样的面貌？他又会如何看待地时尚与地位背后的文化网络呢？本期节目有幸邀请到了生活在东京，长期观察时尚文化W.大卫·马克斯来分享他的有趣见解。几年前，他的旧作《原宿牛仔》曾在全世界范围引发关注和热议，中文版也非常受欢迎。沙老师曾在《忽左忽右》第63期专门讨论这本书。 在本期节目中，沙老师将直接与马克斯面对面交流对话，聊聊时尚文化的历史与马克思的新书《地位与文化》。从 80 年代日本泡沫经济催生的审美，到当代硅谷科技精英的穿搭选择；从老钱与新贵在奢侈品上的"审美战争"，到社交媒体时代地位符号的加速贬值——这些看似离散的文化现象，在马克斯的新书《地位与文化》中都被巧妙地串联在一起，让我们能够借此一窥时尚的运作规律。
Participation credit “本期参与者”：沙青青（微信公众号：13号埋立地、小红书：Sha-13号埋立地）。
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