Yohji Yamamoto

Yohji Yamamoto

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Established: 1981 (multi-source)

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Product focus: Menswear

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Yohji Yamamoto is a pioneering Japanese fashion designer renowned for his avant-garde, deconstructed silhouettes, and a radical approach that has reshaped contemporary fashion. Born in Tokyo in 1943 and raised by his seamstress mother in post-war Japan, Yohji Yamamoto initially studied law at Keio University before turning to fashion, graduating from Bunka Fashion College in 1969. He launched his first label, Y’s, in 1972, inspired by post-war Japanese blue-collar workers and a desire to create

menswear-inspired clothing for women. His debut collection was presented in Tokyo in 1977, followed by a Paris debut in 1981 and a New York show in 1982. These early collections, characterized by oversized, androgynous silhouettes and a predominantly black palette, challenged Western fashion norms a

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