“I wanted to protect the clothing itself from fashion, and at the same time the woman’s body from something, maybe from men’s eyes or a cold wind.” Yohji Yamamoto
Yamamoto @ the V&A 3/12/11
by Ligaya Salazar ,curator of Contemporary Programmes at the V&A
the The KYOTO Costume Institute of Japan- housing extensive collections here
photograph of the Yohji Yamamoto here and above by Hiroshi Sugimoto
Spring 2008
from Sugimoto's Conceptual Forms
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Brilliant post! The old photos in conjunction with Yoji's work is sheer brilliant!
ReplyDeleteGreat way to start the week! Very intellectual and great!
Thanks so much! Great to see fashion and elegance.
I much prefer the mix!
Best!
Jamie Herzlinger
thank you Jamie.. wonderful insights from Sugimoto also, it all fits beautifully with YY's own ideas about historical references and my own-though their offerings are far far superior to my own. pgt
ReplyDeleteGreat post. Yohji is brilliant xx
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