Yohji Yamamoto

Yohji Yamamoto Spring 2003

Mon, Dec 15

07 December 2008 @ 01:56 pm Yohji Yamamoto Spring 2003 One of my favorite collections, this Spring 2003 offering of his was definitely one to remember. As he often does, this collection is a bit of a culmination of past techniques (and retrospectively speaking - future ones too) but it is still pretty stand-out, in my opinion. It is really refined and incredibly directional. I always seem to fall for his very narrowly conceptual collections over the varied ones, I've noticed, although they're all delicious. First of all, I love collars... and this collection has all sorts and they're either perfectly understated or brilliantly - and in the most effortless of manners - exaggerated. The overall silhouette is a comfortable one but, much like Spring 2009, has a ton of femininity sprinkled throughout the androgynous feel. Another thing I enjoy about this collection is the use of transparency as it's very subtle yet makes it's presence in really lovely places; he's always quite good at the voluminous transparency but I think the way it's used in an understated manner here is really nice. As is no surprise, I also am a huge fan of the styling here, and think some of Tao's collections are rather reminiscent of it. It's very clean and straight-forward in it's presentation, as his shows usually are. I really like the understated but 'pretty' aspects of it. The pink lipstick and loose finger wave styling of the hair paired with vintage-inspired headpieces really bring it all full circle. Tags: archives, collections, s/s 03, yohji yamamoto