The legendary Yohji Yamamoto talks to AnOther about the origins of his seminal Adidas collaboration, and what's to come
Over time Yamamoto’s aesthetic became less direct, more rarefied, more visibly poetic – romantic, albeit a romance specific to its creator, hence unconventional. Yohji – as Yamamoto, the man, is referred to in person by those who know and love him – once told me that he was “scared” of the red lips and bare skin of the sex workers he saw in his formative years.
his world and an especially open-minded corporate giant’s embrace of that mindset. More than 20 years later, Y-3 has its own identity, separate from the designer’s yet informed by his values. YY: The three stripes are so charming and at the same time so strong. In the black, putting three white stripes, it’s very strong. I was excited by that.SF: The stripes suggest movement – speed, maybe.
YY: Yes. I came back to the streets. Primarily I was interested in sneakers and running shoes. Then also in comfortable, sporty outfits. Especially in Tokyo, when I saw women wearing sexy outfits, I hated it. I still hate it. Because, as you know, women’s faces are different, there is no same face in the world. And women’s bodies are different. Each body is different, so it was very hard to come closer to women’s bodies with fabric.
SF: You’ve already touched on it and we have spoken in the past about the war and the loss of your father. That was a global tragedy – and we haven’t seen each other since the start of the pandemic, which was another one. How has that affected you? How do you feel about it? SF: Did you feel with the pandemic and more war that there was a similarity, inasmuch as it was a tragedy for everyone?
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