- Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto graduated from Bunka Fashion college in 1969 and first showed in Paris in 1981
- Yamamoto is known for creating avant-garde, androgynous menswear and womenswear with oversized silhouettes, often concealing the wearer?s form with black drapery.
- Yamamoto is the only Japanese fashion designer to have been awarded the French Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres.
- One of the first high-end designers to foray into sportswear, Yamamoto launched Y-3 with Adidas in 2003.
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Yohji Yamamoto Women's Spring 2007
Yohji Yamamoto Women's Fall 2008
Yohji Yamamoto Men's Fall 2008
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[Source: Jargol Blog]
