YOHJI YAMAMOTO revisited…..
Since Yohji Yamamoto’s runway show, we’ve been hitting the streets of Paris at a manic pace, traveling from showroom appointment to showroom appointment. Wednesday, the schedule included writing the collections of Commes des Garcons, Junya Watanabe and Mr. Yamamoto. By circumstance, it was Japanese designers day. The headliners of Japan. Scattered throughout the rest of the week, we also had collection writing appointments with Sacai by Chitose Abe, Undercover by Jun Takahashi, Toga by Yasuko Furuta, If Six was Nine. Japanese designers have long held an important presence here in Paris since Mr. Yamamoto and Ms. Kawakubo first forged the way in the 80’s
I had mentioned a long duster coat that so caught me off guard during the Yamamoto runway show that I failed to capture a good photo. There I found it in the showroom…. swaying elegantly on a black metal rack in the middle of the showroom. It’s beauty was silencing. Silk that has been laser cut and distressed to look like lace from afar. It seems as if an army of moths had gathered to eat away at the fabric.
all photos : DChen
This piece is high on my list as one of the top pieces from the spring / summer collections. Delivery in stores February 2010.
