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

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

The black attack

source: WA today

 Australia It was all tied up in the rise of the Japanese designers...and so what you got was this really visible urban cluster of communities wearing black." The Japanese designers Whitfield refers to are the "big three" - Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto and Rei ...

Published Sun, May 17

Richard Nicoll Dresses Like a Trout Fisherman

source: New York Magazine

  USA Who were some of your favorite designers growing up? What about now? When I was younger I loved Yohji Yamamoto, Comme des Garçons, Jil Sander, and Helmut Lang. Now I like a lot of people, but no one designer more than another. ...

Published Tue, May 5

Warrior Chic at Japan Fashion Week

source: BlackBook Magazine

 NY - Ben Barna, Ben Barna A world away from the wild Tokyo street fashions of the Harajuku girls, the best of the next wave of Japanese designers showed elegant collections with refined construction, following in the footsteps of Japanese masters like Yohji Yamamoto, ...

Published Mon, May 4

Fabrics touched by artful technology

source: China Daily

 China moving from sheer innovation toward more expressive garments, was key for many New York designers. At Christian Cota, a blouse covered in individually printed and embroidered sequins looked practically Pointillist. For Y-3, Yohji Yamamoto called ...

Published Fri, May 1