A beautiful glimpse of the exhibition: Yohji Yamamoto: Letter to the Future
Homage to Yohji by Beatrice Brandini
Until July 31st it will be possible to see the wonderful and sculptural dresses of the great master Yohji Yamamoto at the famous 10 Corso Como store.
A glimpse of the exhibition: Yohji Yamamoto: Letter to the Future
The exhibition, curated by Alessio de’ Navasques, presents 25 archive garments in a dialogue of iconic garments, recent and future collections, in a time space ranging from 1986 to 2024.
The exhibition highlights the most important theme for the great Japanese master designer, namely the relationship between body and dress, insisting on the concept of imperfection and experimentation in shapes, fabrics and volumes.
A glimpse of the exhibition: Yohji Yamamoto: Letter to the Future
In fact, the great designer revolutionized the world of fashion with his conceptual and minimalist creations, making the color black his alter ego. “Black is lazy and easy, mysterious. But above all, black says this: I don’t disturb you and you must not disturb me.” Yohji Yamamoto.
A glimpse of the exhibition: Yohji Yamamoto: Letter to the Future
Born in 1943 near Tokyo, a law degree and a diploma from the prestigious Bunka Fukuso Gakuin in Tokyo where he won a scholarship that took him directly to Paris, and it was here that his wonderful career would begin. It is 1981 and Yamamoto immediately begins a creative process of overturning patterns and trends. Initially dressing women in men’s clothing, exploring the connection between feminine and masculine, creating clothes that reflect on the body through their structure. His indefinite cuts, his slashes and his austerity (still black), will be loved and worn by women with a strong personality and a sensitive soul, just like that of the designer, who has always never trivialized women.
Yohji Yamamoto straw hat with clear plastic overlay, Vogue 2004
The curator de’ Navasques, professor of Fashion Archives at the Sapienza University of Rome, has set up each dress without scenographic devices (they are already the clothes be like this!), on sartorial busts similar to those of an atelier.
Books about the extraordinary career of Yohji Yamamoto
Books about the extraordinary career of Yohji Yamamoto
Wonderful clothes, in which the body acts on the dress, “the perfect imperfection”, a theme of body positivity which is very current but which the great Yamamoto has tackled since his debut. An important message for the new generations who daily experience a concept of perfection that does not exist through social media.
Two extraordinary creations by Yohji Yamamoto
“I believe perfection is a horrible thing: I want to see scars, failure, disorder and distortion. Clothes represent knowledge, language, art and love, time and death. The condition of man, suspended between creation and struggle.” Yohji Yamamoto
“For me, creation means creating something never tried before: repetition is not creation. Working like this is a continuous risk, of course, but I can only be myself through this creative act.” Yohji Yamamoto
Yohji Yamamoto
The 10 Corso Como store, a pioneering concept store created by Carla Sozzani, is the ideal stage for this retrospective which arrives 13 years after the last one dedicated to the designer by the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. A wonderful event that enthusiasts, and not only, will not be able to miss.
Good life to everyone!
Beatrice