In the decades after the war, surplus U.S. military gear flooded Japanese markets, and a generation grew up with an almost archaeological fascination with the objects themselves: the stitching, the hardware, the fabric weight, the precise shade of olive drab. What emerged was a cottage industry of reproduction specialists who approached American workwear and military garments the way a watchmaker approaches a complicated movement, with complete seriousness, no shortcuts, and a conviction that the original was worth getting exactly right.
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