Sharon wears Comme des Garçons, Marie Claire Japan
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Fashion Images de Mode Nº2 (1997)
Kirsten Owen
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Yohji Yamamoto «Rewind/Forward», 238 Fashion Pictures, 1995–2000
A Very Personal Way, Vogue Italia, December 2006
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Guinevere van Seenus
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Yohji Yamamoto «Rewind/Forward», 238 Fashion Pictures, 1995–2000
Kirsten Owen
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Yohji Yamamoto «Rewind/Forward», 238 Fashion Pictures, 1995–2000
For some reason, I am moved by the female form, as seen from the side, or diagonally from behind. Like a feeling of waiting to chase after and restrain something that passes by, or passes through. You could call it a feeling of “missing” something. A lingering scent is the same. A kind of feeling of longing for something. There is always an adoration for women in me which resembles the temptation I have for things that have passed me by. And so I can only see a woman as someone who passes by, a person who disappears. Therefore the “Back” is important to me. I think clothes should be made from the back, and not the front. The back supports the clothes, and so if it is not properly made, the front cannot exist. – Yohji Yamamoto
Yohji Yamamoto: Talking to Myself
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French electronic musician Jean-Michel Jarre once defined Yohji Yamamoto’s style like this: “For me, a woman in Yohji is like a nymphomaniac nun. His clothes are at once sensual and very ritualistic.” This about a man whose reputation marks him as a designer of clothes for earnest intellectuals. This about a man whose 1998 “wedding” show featured a bridal striptease which took models from inflated Victorian crinolines down to slim-line dresses and pants. This about a man who is one of the most revered and idiosyncratic of 20th century designers. In Talking to Myself, Yamamoto has created an illustrated notebook that recounts the phases of his life. A work in progress punctuated with multiple images, Talking to Myself is the only book in which Yamamoto has become personally involved, making it a veritable extension of his own private world. In it, he “talks to himself” and with philosopher and art/fashion critic Kiyokazu Washida about himself and the objects he creates, objects that meld, blend with, and are assimilated by the person they seek to enhance. Pages marked by Yamamoto’s pen and brush with Japanese ideograms, striking sketches, and abstract compositions help decipher his desire to achieve anti-fashion through fashion itself. Yamamoto’s world is one of black and white symbols, a world in which color makes only a fleeting appearance.
Yohji Yamamoto: Talking to Myself
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Kirsten Owen
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Yohji Yamamoto «Rewind/Forward», 238 Fashion Pictures, 1995–2000
Guinevere van Seenus
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Yohji Yamamoto «Rewind/Forward», 238 Fashion Pictures, 1995–2000
Guinevere van Seenus
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Yohji Yamamoto «Rewind/Forward», 238 Fashion Pictures, 1995–2000
Trompe-l’œil Tattoo T-Shirt, Martin Margiela
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The Anarchy Issue featuring Kirsten Owen, July 1990
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Kirsten, Paris (1988)
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i-D Magazine, The Emotion Issue, November 2002
Kirsten Crying, Paris, Studio 9 rue Paul Fort (1990)
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i-D Magazine, The Emotion Issue, November 2002
Studio: Lucie De La Falaise
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i-D Magazine, The Emotion Issue, November 2002
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