excerpt: Yohji Yamamoto's Fall/Winter 2026/2027 - Paris Fashion Week

 

"For Yohji Yamamoto's Fall/Winter 2026/2027 collection, the master requested that the audience do not record, but rather observe in a Zen aspect, ala a Zen koan would be; describe what you see, without words. So, what do you see?  And is sombre and suffering, an awakening?  Do we need to be awake?   Potent questions, and one that may not have direct answer, as the world enters a dangerous junction point within history, Yamamoto is no stranger to devastation.  Born october 3rd, 1943 in the ruins of a bombed out Tokyo via American aerial bombardments during World War II, where he viewed absolute devastation.  Thus, the "deconstruction" ethos, which he first revealed in Paris, Autumn/Winter 1981 Fashion Week, where he issued a decree, via the subtle and the blunt, that the asymmetrical, picked stitching drapey and black arrays are more statement of sophistication and clarity under strain; rather than a depressive, sombre expose that he Paris fashion press, at the time, misinterpreted by calling it "Hiroshima Chic"..."

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Full review: chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2026/04/yohji-yamamotos-fallwinter-20262027.html

(A.Glass 2026)