Yohji Yamamoto

Yohji Yamamoto’s Avant-Garde Gamble

source: WSJ.com

Click to view more photos. Yohji Yamamoto, like Rei Kawakubo of Commes des Garcons and Martin Margiela, is one of those few futuristic designers credited with influencing other designers with his concepts.  His outfits, often with deconstructed tailoring, dark colors, and avant-gard...

Published Fri, Oct 9

Collabs: Hussein Chalayan Does J.Brand Denim, Questions Models-Turned-Designers

source: Racked

On the occasion of the launch of his collaboration with J Brand jeans, Hussein Chalayan talks to WWD about why a designer known for his avant-garde aesthetic would branch out into jeans. Chalayan, who is also Puma's creative director, clearly believes in balancing the out-there—"mecha...

Published Thu, Jul 30

Yankees Doodling Dandily

source: New York Times

 United States The previous issues have all been edited by designers who show their collections in Paris, including Yohji Yamamoto, Martin Margiela and Riccardo Tisci, without any fanfare about their respective Japanese, Belgian or Italian nationalities. ...

Published Wed, Jun 17

Ready to Wear: Crumpled clothing - the sartorial equivalent of the ...

source: Independent

 UK In the 1980s, the distressed looks created by both Comme des Garçons and Yohji Yamamoto provided a supposedly more thoughtful fashion consumer with a way out of bright, brash power-dressing Claude Montana/Thierry Mugler-style. ...

Published Sun, Jun 14

Japan's Yamamoto cancels Paris men's show due to crisis

source: google.com

a number of boutiques in the last seasons," she added. Several dozen designers from around the world are due in Paris for the spring-summer men's collections June 25 to 29. Yohji Yamamoto will present its latest designs in a showroom from June 27.

Published Fri, Jun 12

Chicas raras, musas de diseñadores - El Universal

source: El Universal Online

El Universal (México), Mexico Entre sus diseñadores preferidos están: Ann Demeulemeester, Yohji Yamamoto, Comme des Garçons y Alexander McQueen. La leyenda del punk rock y padre de los conciertos benéficos de Live Aid, Bob Geldof, se inspiró en el personaje de una caricatura ...

Published Thu, Jun 4

Updated Every Monday

source: mspmag.com

 MN 15, 7-11 pm, 345 Kellogg Blvd. W., St. Paul, 651-259-3000 May 21-23: All spring merchandise will be marked 30 percent off at Grethen House, including casual clothes by Yohji Yamamoto and Stella McCartney as well as dresses by Martin Margiela. ...

Published Mon, May 18

The black arts

source: WA today

 Australia In between, there are eccentric black forms - outfits created by the likes of Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto that seem to defy the rules of design, sometimes even gravity, in a way that only Japanese designers can get away with. ...

Published Sun, May 17