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Yohji Yamamoto’s Avant-Garde Gamble 
WSJ.com | Fri, Oct 9
Fri, Oct 9
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...
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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. ...
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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. ...
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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. ...
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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a butterfly! It's origami. It's Diaz
source: Jakarta Post
Indonesia This style used to be the trademark of Japanese designers like Yohji Yamamoto, Issey Miyake and Rei Kawakubo, and with globalization has returned to provide a refreshment from the past ruffles and frills fever. After a feminine tsunami, it's time for ...
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source: Irish Independent
Ireland Japanese deconstructionists Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo of Comme Des Garcons were both relatively restrained by their usual architecturally interesting standards. Christian Lacroix, synonymous with regal-like glamour and OTT extravagance, ...
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source: Javno.hr
Croatia Not by chance, those designers, including Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo from Comme des Garçons, arrived in Paris at a time of the greatest recession, with their held back intellectual but not conservative clothing. This was certainly not the leading ...
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