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Dirty, stained, withered, broken things seem beautiful to me.
Yohji Yamamoto
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Yohji Yamamoto
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: October 3
Artist
Costume Designer
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Fashion Designer
City of Tokyo
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With my eyes turned to the past, I walk backwards into the future.
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A pair of brilliantly cut cotton trousers can be more beautiful than a gorgeous silk gown.
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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 think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion.
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It meant something to me – the idea of a coat guarding and hiding a woman’s body. For me, a woman who is absorbed in her work, who does not care about gaining one’s favor, strong yet subtle at the same time, is essentially more seductive. The more she hides and abandons her femininity, the more it emerges from the very heart of her existence.
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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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My role in all of this is very simple. I make clothing like armor. My clothing protects you from unwelcome eyes.
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A beautiful flower does not exist. There's only a moment when a flower looks beautiful.
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Clothing doesn’t lie, it shows everything.
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Colour disturbs people. I am confident in black, not in light. This dark side of life is attractive to me forever and from the beginning. I am a lazy designer when it comes to colour.
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