My Freedamn! 1 : vintage Surf, Motorcycle and Hot Rod T-Shirts (English and Japanese Edition) - Hardcover

Rin Tanaka

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 098477940X ISBN 13: 9780984779406

Publisher: Cycleman Books, 2005

Synopsis

This is the bible among not only vintage fashion freaks, but also worldwide professional designers and collage students! This self-publishing book by Rin Tanaka was sensationally released in Spring 2003! He was already popular author in the vintage motorcycle jacket fans, but this new title featuring a history of American vintage t-shirts, made super big impact on worldwide fashion industry! He quickly sold over 10,000 copies by his hands; over 16,000 copies have been sold out till 2011! This book has total 288 pages; featuring 453 amazing KOOL samples from old surf, skate, motorcycle, hot rod industries. With such rare t-shirt product photos, he added lots of excellent his lifestyle portrait photos about famous hipstars like Joe Tudor (surf), Tony Alva (skate), Bud Ekins (Motorcycle), Billy Gibons (Z.Z. Top). This is must to check title for any fashion and culture-oriented people!

About this title

About the Author:

Rin Tanaka, a Japanese editorial photographer, writer and American men s vintage fashion historian, was born in Japan in 1970. He started hitting U.S. roads to study black music history and play guitar since 1991 during his college days. After working for an advertising company in Tokyo, he moved to San Clemente, California in 1998 to research American vintage fashion and street culture more deeply. Thus far, he has written 21 books about the history of vintage men s clothing, traveling to U.S. cities every month for over 15 years. His books have been published by his self-publishing company and other publishers. In addition, kulture recycle vintage fashion event Inspiration, presented by him, has been held in Los Angeles every 2nd weekend of Feb. since 2010.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cycleman Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 098477940X
• ISBN 13: 9780984779406
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 268