EXCERPT: YOHJI YAMAMOTO. SPRING 2023 - PARIS FASHION WEEK

 

"...The worn-torn styles, merged with an elegancy in cultivating the art of aging.   Not an easy task to create, as the fashion industry is obsessed with youth, which is more aligned with the female models.  To which 2022 season have been a slew of new faces on the runway.  There is of course an appeal of the youth, is that it can hold possibilities, change and focus into delivering something  new.   While at the same time it fails with lack of wisdom, hindsight and experience.  The young can be rash and impudent while believing they can have it all.  And it is  this rise and fall within its allurement of fame, that disposes a brutal and unforgiving sentiment.  Life is hard.

To which Yamamoto holds the stygian, the void as an obscure answer that one can meditate with, in a quest of finding the equilibrium of youth and the aging of life, thus Yamamoto's latest collection maintains the black as its stark canvas.  First seen in 1981, when he and Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons debuted their collections of asymmetrical styles with their draped linen and fine wool, it was portrayed all in black with aspects of ghostly white..."

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Full review:  https://chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2022/10/yohji-yamamoto-spring-2023-paris.html

(A.Glass 2022)