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I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion.

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
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Think
Ugly
Thinking
Somewhere
Perfection
Distortion
Failure
Scars
Inspirational
Imperfection
Humans
Scar
Make
Disorder
Things
Imperfect

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