Yohji Yamamoto

(1943) Dressmaker

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Yohji Yamamoto is a dressmaker, best known for Yohji Yamamoto.

Quick Facts About Yohji Yamamoto

Born: October 3, 1943
Profession: Dressmaker
Notable works: Yohji Yamamoto

About Yohji Yamamoto

Yohji Yamamoto is a Japanese fashion designer based in Tokyo and Paris. He is considered a master tailor, alongside those such as Madeleine Vionnet, and is best known for his avant-garde tailoring featuring Japanese design aesthetics.

Biography source: Wikipedia

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There is also a schedule to fashion - the deadline is always set. So maybe the fashion business is a good business…

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Business

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In order to create an image almost similar to that of a pencil case standing up and walking, I try to eliminate…

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Beauty

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I don’t think we should try to make space our own. I believe that as modern people we should live in mobility.…

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Believe

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Colour disturbs people. I am confident in black, not in light. This dark side of life is attractive to me forever and…

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Attractive

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A pair of brilliantly cut cotton trousers can be more beautiful than a gorgeous silk gown...

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Beautiful

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It meant something to me – the idea of a coat guarding and hiding a woman’s body. For me, a woman who…

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Abandon

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Black is modest and arrogant at the same time. Black is lazy and easy - but mysterious. But above all black says…

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All black

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Fashion cannot make you sexy. Experience makes you sexy. Imagination makes people sexy. You have to train yourself, you have to study,…

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Fashion

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The best moments in my life are just before going to bed. Those are my happiest moments.

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Bed

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Fashion is only complete when it is worn by ordinary people who exist now, managing their lives, loving and grieving.

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Fashion

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I want to achieve anti-fashion through fashion. That's why I'm always heading in my own direction, in parallel to fashion.

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Achieve

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I have no imagination about holidays, vacations, or retiring life. I can't imagine about those things.

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Holiday

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To be modern is to tear the soul out of every thing

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Modern

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I believe that there are three conditions to a woman’s beauty. First, you must realize that not all women are beautiful all…

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Beautiful

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You can say that designing is quite easy; the difficulty lies in finding a new way to explore beauty

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Beauty

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“For me, a woman who is absorbed in her work, who does not care about gaining one’s favour, strong yet subtle at…

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Dirty, stained, withered, broken things seem beautiful to me.

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Beautiful

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