EXCERPT: YOHJI YAMAMOTO. SPRING 2024 - PARIS FASHION WEEK.

 

"...The Japanese Avant-gardists such as Yamamoto and Kawaboro, brought the starkness and a bold layering, with their silhouettes encased in stygian void.   Upping the ante of workmanship of their extensive use of materials such as linen and fine wools, while masterful presenting their collections within its dark mystique.  Yamamoto and Kawaboro's impact on fashion will probably never be seen again, despite designers of today attempting to shake up the industry, it has been for the most part only seen as a simulacrum of what had already occurred, over thirty years ago.

And Yamamoto over the years as been able to craft his styles of the feminine with such an acknowledged finesse, that many young designers have not been able to emulate.  The beautiful layering of fabrics, the slight tweaks in fits and Yamamoto's intricate stitchwork.  Have ensured that his signature label maintains the template that he had created four decades ago.  And his Spring 2024 collection reiterates the Yamamoto imprint, despite his age.  And as the master designer that he is, with every Paris Fashion Week showing over the many years, Yamamoto has revealed an impressive show piece..."

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(A.Glass 2023)

Full review:  chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2023/10/yohji-yamamoto-spring-2024-paris.html