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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
Mysterious
Fashion
Says
Easy
Black
Arrogant
Time
Modest
Lazy
Bother

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Fashion sighs after trends. I want timeless elegance. Fashion has no time. I do. I say: Hello Lady, how can I help you? Fashion has no time to even ask such a question, because it is constantly concerned with finding out: What will come next? It is more about helping women to suffer less, to attain more freedom and independence.
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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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It meant something to me – the idea of a coat guarding and hiding a woman’s body. For me, a woman who is absorbed in her work, who does not care about gaining one’s favor, strong yet subtle at the same time, is essentially more seductive. The more she hides and abandons her femininity, the more it emerges from the very heart of her existence.
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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 have my own judge in me....and he`s always judging me.
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I hate fashion. Or the word fashion, which sounds colorful, extravagant, expensive and gorgeous. “I never wanted to walk the main street of fashion. I have been walking the sidewalks of fashion from the beginning, so I’m a bit dark.
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Just listen to the material. What is it going to say? Just wait. Probably the material will tell you something.
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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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With my eyes turned to the past, I walk backwards into the future.
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I'm going to create a very strong scent which can kill a boy!
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To be modern is to tear the soul out of every thing
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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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A pair of brilliantly cut cotton trousers can be more beautiful than a gorgeous silk gown.
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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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Men's clothing is more pure in design. It's more simple and has no decoration. Women want that. When I started designing, I wanted to make men's clothes for women. But there were no buyers for it. Now there are. I always wonder who decided that there should be a difference in the clothes of men and women. Perhaps men decided this.
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