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I only see the faults, flaws, the imperfections. That attracts me.

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
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Imperfections
Attracts
Imperfection
Flaws
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The more we possess, the more distant we grow from God.
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In order to create an image almost similar to that of a pencil case standing up and walking, I try to eliminate all excess by cutting. I have the feeling that this process (of cutting off) is linked in some way to elegance. Elegance and so-called eliminating excess, or the beauty that remains after excess has beeen eliminated...
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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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Fashion sighs after trends. I want timeless elegance. Fashion has no time. I do. I say: Hello Lady, how can I help you? Fashion has no time to even ask such a question, because it is constantly concerned with finding out: What will come next? It is more about helping women to suffer less, to attain more freedom and independence.
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With my eyes turned to the past, I walk backwards into the future.
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You can say that designing is quite easy the difficulty lies in finding a new way to explore beauty
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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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To be modern is to tear the soul out of every thing
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People have started wasting fashion
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I have no imagination about holidays, vacations, or retiring life. I can't imagine about those things.
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I want to achieve anti-fashion through fashion. That's why I'm always heading in my own direction, in parallel to fashion.
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A beautiful flower does not exist. There's only a moment when a flower looks beautiful.
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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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I was on a Japanese designers' pedestal - considered a maestro. My design was getting closer to a couturier's work, and I felt like I was missing something.
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Clothing doesn’t lie, it shows everything.
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