TAKE IVY published an Interview With Toshiyuki Kurosu
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- https://tweedlandthegentlemansclub.blogspot.com/2015/12/take-ivy-encore-english-version-2010-by.html
- https://tweedlandthegentlemansclub.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-return-of-saddle-shoe.html
- https://tweedlandthegentlemansclub.blogspot.com/2017/03/ametora-how-japan-saved-american-style.html
Talk Ivy: An Interview With Toshiyuki Kurosu
APRIL 20,
2021
http://www.ivy-style.com/talk-ivy-an-interview-with-toshiyuki-kurosu.html
W. David
Marx did this interview for Ivy Style back in 2013 while researching his
groundbreaking book “Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style.” As part of the
research he sat down with Toshiyuki Kurosu (pictured above second from left) at
the Kamakura Shirts office in Tokyo. Kurosu is legendary in Japan as one of the
very first people to ever discover and wear Ivy League clothing. After joining
brand VAN in 1961 at age 24, he convinced his boss Ishizu Kensuke to re-focus
the whole company on Ivy style, a risky move that eventually brought the
company incredible success, fame, and fortune. And as both a VAN employee and a
writer for Men’s Club, Kurosu later became part of the team who created the
legendary photo book “Take Ivy.”