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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.
Yohji Yamamoto
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Yohji Yamamoto
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: October 3
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City of Tokyo
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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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Fashion cannot make you sexy. Experience makes you sexy. Imagination makes people sexy. You have to train yourself, you have to study, and you have to live your life.
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