Yohji Yamamoto
Issey Miyake
April 20, 2020Ann Demeulemeester
April 23, 2020
Yamamoto was born in Yokohama, Japan on in 1943. He graduated from Keio University in 1966 with a law degree. He gave up his legal career to assist his mother in her dressmaking business, from where he learned his tailoring skills. He decided to pursue fashion and studied at Bunka Fashion College before debuting his own line in Paris in 1981.
He started his line with the idea of designing men’s clothing for women to wear. Yamamoto is known for an avant-garde spirit in his clothing, frequently creating designs far removed from current trends. His signature oversized silhouettes often feature drapery in varying textures.
Yohji' collections are predominately made in black, a colour which Yamamoto has described as “modest and arrogant at the same time.”
