Where: Seven Gables apartment house, 4th Street and McClure Street in Marion, Indiana, USA
Died: September 30, 1955, Bakersfield California
Nationality: American
Achievements
James Dean was an American Film actor and in 1999 ranked as the 18th finest actor of the American Film Institute
James Dean was an introvert, mystical and shy outsider that soon became an icon of youth culture with the appearance in movies such as Rebel Without A Cause (1955), Giant (1956) and East Of Eden (1955). James Dean was Awarded posthumous Oscar for his role in the movie “East Of Eden” after a novel by John Steinbeck
James Dean died in a tragic car accident only 24 years old, Dean and his mechanic, Rolf Wuetherich, drove his new Porsche 550 Spyder to attend a weekend race in Salinas, California. The accident happened along Route 466 when a car turned at an intersection and collided with James Dean’s Porsche
Why denim icon?
His role as Jim in Rebel Without a Cause, Carl Trask East of Eden and Jett Rink, Giant made jeans the most rebellious outfit in the 50’s
James Dean is beside Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe the most famous pop culture icons that will live on forever, they changed youth culture, style of fashion, and made denim jeans into the “rebellious fashion” that soon became the symbol of pop culture ever since
