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Black is modest and arrogant at the same time.

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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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Arrogant
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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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Start copying what you love. Copy copy copy copy. At the end of the copy you will find your self.
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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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To be modern is to tear the soul out of every thing
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A beautiful flower does not exist. There's only a moment when a flower looks beautiful.
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I have my own judge in me....and he`s always judging me.
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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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With my eyes turned to the past, I walk backwards into the future.
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