As part of this year’s “Peaksmas,” Dugpa and I are diving into stories about Twin Peaks in Japan. One of the more notable creations from the “Land of the Rising Sun” is the 1993 Georgia Coffee commercials with characters from David Lynch and Mark Frost’s wonderful and strange show. Dugpa covered the numerous coffee can…
In 1992, Twin Peaks mania swept Japan with the release of David Lynch’s masterpiece, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. I recently acquired a sticker sheet from Japan manufactured by Gendai that was part of promotional products created for the film. These themed stickers include iconography and phrases from Lynch and Mark Frost’s wonderful and strange…
I love finding things from Japan about David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks. For more than three decades, the Japanese have maintained a fascination with this wonderful and strange show. Every item about the show is like a handcrafted work of art including the beautiful press kit created in 2018 for Twin Peaks: The Return….
For most Americans, the name, Georgia conjures images of peaches, Coca-Cola’s home state, or perhaps a Ray Charles song. But in Japan, Georgia Coffee is something very different: a beloved brand of ready-to-drink canned coffee that has been part of daily life since Coca-Cola launched it there in 1975. Sold in vending machines, convenience stores,…
I love finding ephemera from the Japanese market about Twin Peaks. David Lynch and Mark Frost’s wonderful and strange show was a mega-hit in the country. The design and packaging of everything from Japan always exceeds my expectations. I recently acquired a bookmark-like flyer about the release of the show’s first season on DVD on October…
The music from David Lynch’s 1992 masterpiece Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me is one of my favorite motion picture soundtracks. From the slow jazz to the hauntingly beautiful Julee Cruise signing “Questions in a World of Blue,” I wore this soundtrack out in the early days of my fandom more than three decades ago….
This past week, I fell down a rabbit hole recapping the entire “Wonderful and Strange” Twin Peaks-themed collection by Undercover. From the preview at the Paris Fashion Show in January 2024 to the New Arrivals announcement in July to location photos from the product set on July 27, this comprehensive retrospective captured every detail of Japanese…
A look back at Undercover’s “Wonderful and Strange” Twin Peaks-themed collection continues with a look at the in-store product release. The officially licensed apparel and accessories were created by Jun Takahashi, a famous Japanese fashion designer and fan of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s work. On July 24, 2024, the company announced the nearly 80-item…
At the Paris Fashion Show in January 2024, Japanese fashion designer Jun Takahashi previewed his “Wonderful and Strange” Twin Peaks collection for Undercover. This officially licensed high-fashion collection included nearly 80 products with officially licensed images of iconic characters and places from David Lynch and Mark Frost’s world. Despite a small early release in mid-June,…
In 2024, renown Japanese fashion design Jun Takahashi created a magnificent apparel and accessories collection inspired by David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks for his Undercover clothing company. As officially licensed products from Paramount, this Men’s Fall and Winter 2024 assortment incorporated iconic imagery from the show’s first season. This is the first of several…