The image of James Dean leaning against a wall in a white t-shirt, red jacket, and rolled-up jeans is iconic. Rebel Without A Cause’s “bad boy from a good family” became the perfect symbol of teenage angst and defiant youth culture that made denim a centrepiece in 1950s American fashion.

In Japan, another counterculture was bubbling under the surface and would make way for the creation of modern Japanese denim, famed for its supreme quality and craftsmanship. Find out why Japanese denim is so remarkable by reading on..

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