At a certain point, I stopped seeing my clothing worn by people on the streets . . . It seemed like they were being treated as museum items.
Yohji YamamotoFashion is only complete when it is worn by ordinary people who exist now, managing their lives, loving and grieving.
Yohji YamamotoStart copying what you love. Copy copy copy copy. At the end of the copy you will find your self.
Yohji YamamotoIf you feel strongly about someone, go up to them. Pursue what you want in life. Why be shy about something like that?
Yohji YamamotoIt meant something to me – the idea of a coat guarding and hiding a woman’s body. For me, a woman who is absorbed in her work, who does not care about gaining one’s favor, strong yet subtle at the same time, is essentially more seductive. The more she hides and abandons her femininity, the more it emerges from the very heart of her existence.
Yohji Yamamoto