EXCERPT: YOHJI YAMAMOTO. MEN'S FALL 2024 - PARIS FASHION WEEK.

 

"...My first review of Yamamoto's collection was his Y-3 collaboration with Adidas at New York Fashion week in 2013, ten years ago.  My review was short, sweet and to the point.  And after all these years, I have looked back over the photos of the 2013 show and noticed the slightly grey tint textured onto some of the model's hairlines.  Mostly around the temples and scalp.  And now when I think about it, a decade later after reviewing many of Yamamoto signature label shows and noticing that the grey tint in some cases, has covered most of the hairline on the runway models.  I now get what Yamamoto was implying with the youthful looks of his models.  We all age.  Considering that the models for his Y-3 show in 2013 were probably in their early 20s, Ten years later they would be in their 30s or older.  Which is about that time when one begins to go grey.

Yamamoto is now 80 years old, steadily showing his collections of the last Four decades, with every season at Paris Fashion Week.  The subtle and often poetic elements of Yamamoto have shone through, very much in tune with a Japanese ethic within its humble and meditative process.  Yamamoto has slowed down the runway presence, into a calm and detached way.  Pacing an acceptance, that we all live from past to present.  However for his Fall 2024 collection, the painted grey hairlines on the young models are not there, rather he has added older models with the younger generation..."

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Full review: chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2024/02/yohji-yamamoto-mens-fall-2024-paris.html

(A.Glass 2024)