Yohji Yamamoto

[dolochov]

in memoriam: a blog curated by will be revisiting their yohji yamamoto issue over the next weeks.

[Buckwheat]

Mr. Steel meets Mr. Yamamoto

[H-R]

How about a backshot of the same blazer worn by the same man:



I think the overall silhouette of his outfit is gorgeous...

[hanajibu]

i think it was, as buckwheat pointed out, a styling problem, the neck tie is a total fail combined with the coat. The pant choice wasn't the best possible. Even the model choice was disturbing. I do like the concept, but it wasn't framed properly on the show.

Mr Steel take the piece to another level, with the drop crotch pants he is creating an interesting parallel line between the horizontal crotch and the shorter hem, which makes the fracture of the coat beautiful.
In the second pic, the vertical pleats echoes the "pleated" hem and do a nice contrast between the curve and the vertical straight line. Visually the skirt serves as estructural support to the curv hem creating a sharp monolithical silhouette, like Paestum's columm.

chiming in here, as i own the jacket. i own the trousers too, from the runway, they were meant as a suit but i rarely wear them together. instead, as wire.artist beautifully describes, i wear YY drop-crotch trousers in the same fabric to achieve a more interesting look. the short half of the jacket meets the flat front of the trousers, while the long half lines up roughly w/ the dropped crotch. and i think this emphasizes the flare in the back of the jacket too, w/o competing with it.
i wore this to that same Encens party as Karlo (the photo of him w/ the jacket and pleated CdG skirt), total faux pas! but you can't really see what I am wearing in the photo, as i am leaning against a shelf.

[sky cracks open]

Do any of you have the Yohji book, Talking To Myself? It has a lot of great examples of his work through the years. Women's collections only though. Wish I had a decent scanner so I could share some of it here.

[Buckwheat]

Thanks for the back shot H-R. That's like a melting lava. Beautiful.

Hanajibu - would like to see your description. Roomy pants sound great with that jacket.

sky - please do crack your book open and show us some pics

[Faust]

Do any of you have the Yohji book, Talking To Myself? It has a lot of great examples of his work through the years. Women's collections only though. Wish I had a decent scanner so I could share some of it here.

Sometimes photographing the book works.

[sky cracks open]

sky - please do crack your book open and show us some pics

I just had to take pictures with my camera since I don't have a scanner, but they came out ok. Here are some pictures that are at the beginning of the book, of behind the scenes type work. I'll post some more shortly.

***WARNING - A FEW OF THESE ARE NOT SAFE FOR WORK***

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I can take some more pictures later if anybody enjoys those.


Also, a recent book I bought, "100 Contemporary Fashion Designers", has a brief interview and bio on Yohji Yamamoto. I could type it up if anybody's interested.

[jcotteri]

Thanks Sky Cracks Open :)

excellent.. I just wish I could read it..
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[Avantster]

I'm sure they will, if not there are copies on Y! from time to time.

[sky cracks open]

amazon.com currently has a few copies of "Talking To Myself" for sale. the cheapest one is used at $350.