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Dirty, stained, withered, broken things seem beautiful to me.
Yohji Yamamoto
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Yohji Yamamoto
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: October 3
Artist
Costume Designer
Designer
Dressmaker
Fashion Designer
City of Tokyo
Yamamoto Yohji
Yōji Yamamoto
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The more we possess, the more distant we grow from God.
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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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