Hello! Not sure if you remember me - I am the person who did my last post just short of two weeks ago. Sorry. I can only hope you will understand how packed my life is at the moment... and not in a nice way. I spent last week suffering from mock exams and, no joke, I have four scripts/passages from scripts to learn in less time than I would otherwise wish (and another one to learn by January, then possibly another by February then a full one by maybe March, or even February - again. Yay me!)So my last post was a small break away from Japanese Fashion, and now I have come back to it with a vengeance, ready to write about the genius that is Yohji Yamamoto. Oh, and you may have noticed, I have changed the patterning of the title. I realised this would start looking stupid putting 'Pt.1, Pt.2, Pt.3 etc.' if I ever reached 'Pt.29' or something of the like.
Yohji Yamamoto is famed for his abstract silhouettes, flat shoes and unswerving loyalty to the colour black and, in both my and the general fashion world's opinion, one of the most influential and talented designers working today. His clothes are both intellectual and romantic, combining modernity segues with Parisian Haute Couture.
He studied Law at Tokyo's Keio University before switching to Bunka School to do Fashion, from which he graduated in 1969. He established his own label two years later, in 1971, and his first show in Tokyo in 1977.
He made his Paris debut in 1981, along with his then girlfriend, the previously mentioned and talented, Rei Kawakubo. His look was dubbed 'Hiroshima Chic' by the establishment, but became a status symbol for the urban and creative type.
His main lines are:
>>> I want this hat!
<<< Yohjo Yamamoto Coat (the feathers were added for effect) /// Yohji Yamamoto Perfume >>>
I hope you enjoyed this. Comment. Check back soon. :)
