Edited by Texts by Kiyokazu & Yohji Yamamoto. Drawings by Yohji Yamamoto.
Carla Sozzani Editore & Yohji Yamamoto. Milan & Japan. 2002. First edition. Limited to 7,000 copies, this being No. 650 from the numbered edition of 6,500. 2 volumes; wrappers of white loose linen; volume 1 has exposed stitching to spine with a title label adhered to spine; volume 2 is stitched along edge with black drawing design to front and rear wrappers; housed in stitched linen slipcover. [c.250, 80 pages]. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white and colour photographs (many full-page) and drawings by Yohji Yamamoto. Japanese, with English and French translations. 330 x 255mm. 3.2kg. . Near fine; slight handling wear to slipcover.
A personal and complex publication in two volumes from Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto. In the first volume Yamamoto examines his creativity and inspiration in words and pictures. Fashion photographs and Yamamoto's drawings are interspersed with texts by the designer concerning such subjects as Fashion, the Feminine, Memory, Life, Food, Alcohol, Creation, Women, Gambling and Black. Volume two, sub-titled 1981/2002, is a pictorial overview of Yamamoto's fashion collections from the early 1980s up to publication. Photographers featured include Nick Knight, Peter Lindbergh, Sarah Moon, Paolo Roversi and David Sims. Designed by Claudio Dell'Olio.
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