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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.
Yohji Yamamoto
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Yohji Yamamoto
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: October 3
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