James Dean in History of American Fashion
James Dean (1931–1955) was an actor who embodied the restless spirit of American youth in the 1950s and quickly became an icon of popular culture after his tragic death in a car accident in California.
He starred in only three films: East of Eden (1955), Rebel Without a Cause (1955), and Giant (1956). In the first two, he played a rebellious son, and in Rebel, he wore the T-shirt and jeans that would become fashion icons for young people of Dean's own generation and every generation since.