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Monday, May 6, 2024

The avant-garde spirit is not just a youthful sentiment — I live my life by it.

Yohji Yamamoto

Award-winning Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto has always favored the nontraditional. After learning the basics of clothing design from his dressmaker mother, he studied both at home and abroad in Paris before finding his artistic voice. Yamamoto’s designs are known for their futuristic shapes and unique mix of the masculine and feminine, sensibilities that spill over into his own life. His long timeline of exploration nudges us to lean into flexibility and curiosity. Who knows — we may even discover a new part of ourselves in the process.

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What songwriter said this? "You got a chance to go up and say something? Don’t be shy."

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