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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.
Yohji Yamamoto
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Yohji Yamamoto
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: October 3
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City of Tokyo
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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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Dirty, stained, withered, broken things seem beautiful to me.
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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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I exist here, now. I'm not much interested in the future. Or, more precisely put, I do not believe in the future. To exaggerate a little, I have no faith that I will still exist tomorrow or the day after. What is more, I absolutely detest retrospection. That dislike is balances only by my desire to make my way back home as quickly as possible.
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