William David Marx, known professionally as W. David Marx, is an American fashion and culture writer who works and lives in Tokyo, Japan. He is best known for his first book ''Ametora: How Japan saved American style,'' published in 2015, through which he slowly developed the acclaim as one of the "leading writers in Japanese menswear." He later published ''Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change'' in 2022. Marx also publishes a newsletter titled ''Culture: An Owner's Manual''. Before writing became a larger part of his work-life, Marx worked at Google as part of the Asia-Pacific Team on in Corporate and Product Communication.
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