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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 this: 'I don't bother you - don't bother me'

Yohji Yamamoto

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Yohji Yamamoto
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: October 3
Artist
Costume Designer
Designer
Dressmaker
Fashion Designer
City of Tokyo
Yamamoto Yohji
Yōji Yamamoto
Yamamoto Yōji
Yohji Yamamoto/Y's
Black
Arrogant
Time
Modest
Lazy
Bother
Mysterious
Fashion
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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 from the beginning. I am a lazy designer when it comes to colour.
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If you feel strongly about someone, go up to them. Pursue what you want in life. Why be shy about something like that?
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Beautiful things are disappearing every day.
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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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Dirty, stained, withered, broken things seem beautiful to me.
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I have my own judge in me....and he`s always judging me.
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Start copying what you love. Copy copy copy copy. At the end of the copy you will find your self.
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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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My role in all of this is very simple. I make clothing like armor. My clothing protects you from unwelcome eyes.
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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. We should always be moving.
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To be modern is to tear the soul out of every thing
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The more we possess, the more distant we grow from God.
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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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I feel like I have become a living fossil in the fashion world. Without even noticing it, in my own collection I have moved away from the street style.
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