There are few designers whose work transcends the cyclical nature of fashion. Yohji Yamamoto, now in his eighties, is one of them. His Fall/Winter 2024 women’s collection, shown in Paris, felt like both a continuation and an intimate revelation, a poetic meditation on time…
In Yohji Yamamoto’s latest collection, the designer continues to navigate the delicate interplay between fragility and strength, offering a reflection on the complexities of modern femininity through a masterful manipulation of fabrics. This season’s collection…
In the world of fashion, where extravagance and spectacle often dominate, Yohji Yamamoto stands as a beacon of understated elegance and profound artistic vision. His runway shows are not just displays of clothing, but thoughtful reflections on the essence of design and…
Yohji Yamamoto, the maestro of avant-garde fashion, is set to celebrate his 80th birthday on October 3. With over four decades in the fashion industry, his passion for creating remains as strong as ever, evident in the recent showcase of his latest collection in Paris. The event displayed an…
Tonight’s Yohji Yamamoto show opened with the designer himself singing Leonard Cohen’s “I’m Your Man” on the soundtrack. The singer once said that the song was an answer of sorts to the perennial question, “what does a woman want?” Cohen was on the side of flexibility…
There were spillover crowds at tonight’s Yohji Yamamoto show. Maybe it’s because Yohji is in the air again, with younger designers reexamining his 1990s oeuvre. Maybe it’s because Yamamoto turns 79 next week and there are questions about retirement and succession…
Disconnected from past routines and facing an uncertain future, we live in suspension, unable to avoid uncomfortable truths, like the unequal impact the pandemic has had on women, many of whom have had to abandon their careers to care for their children…