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The profile provides some insight and context into the designers biography and influences, while also including some valuable tidbits and. Received honorary doctor from university of the arts london. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. Whilst the bulk of his work is for women, he has also had a huge impact on the direction of menswear with his various mens lines over the years and most notably, his work over the past fourteen years as creative director of y3 for adidas. The shop yohji yamamoto is the official ecommerce website for yohji yamamoto. Paris, france yohji yamamoto first emerged on the fashion scene in 1981, when he brought his revolutionary design sensibility to paris from tokyo, setting off what would become an aesthetic earthquake. Yohji yamamoto challenges the standard conventions of fashion and shuns trends. Each print will be an unique piece, executed with the technique of platinum printing. Yohji yamamoto creates avantgarde pieces that are informed by the japanese designers iconic vision. Yohji yamamoto the visionary designer takes his nissan cedric for a spin around tokyo it is a moment when i can become myself, says fashions enduring radicalist yohji yamomoto of his daily ritual.
First public exhibit in japan of artworks by designer yohji. This bibliography was generated on cite this for me on tuesday, january, 2015. These two lines are also available at his flagship stores in new york, paris, and antwerp, and at highend department stores worldwide. Since then, yamamoto has developed a dedicated global following. Peter saville is a designer of unique influence on visual culture. He is famous all over the world for his avantgarde tailoring featuring japanese design aesthetics. Those with an eye for avantgarde silhouettes and an understated color palette look to. Since then, yamamoto developed a dedicated global following, and today his two main lines yohji yamamoto and ys are stocked in highend department stores around the world. The most prestigious awards he has received for his contributions to the industry of fashion are medal of honor with purple ribbon, commandeur of ordre des arts des lettres, the ordre national du merite, the. Yohji yamamotos fw15 womenswear collection at paris fashion week shows today, march 6, at centre georges pompidou. Award winning japanese fashion designer, yohji yamamoto, is known for his innovation and extraordinarily unique creativity. Romeo gigli on the future of design hkdis design dialogue. Yohji yamamoto goes where no designer has gone before. Photo exhibition of yohji yamamoto history held at yohji yamamoto aoyama store in commemoration of 30th anniversary of debut at paris fashion week.
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