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Introductory Statement
Yohji Yamamoto (山本 耀司, born 1943, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese fashion designer. He is based in Tokyo and Paris. Yohji Yamamoto is known for adding a unique spin on avant-garde clothing, making his designs androgynous. Yamamoto's signature dark silhouettes are what have shaped how we dress today.

Yamamoto has won many awards including the Chevalier of Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon, the Ordre national du Mérite, the Royal Designer for Industry, and the Master of Design award by Fashion Group International.

Early Life and Education
He was born in Tokyo, Japan, on October 3rd of 1943. He graduated from Keio University in 1966. After graduating Yamamoto knew a law degree was not the career he wanted. Knowing that his mother is a dressmaker he asked to help her. He then attended Bunka Fashion College.

Career
In 1977 Yamamoto created his first Y's collection in Tokyo. Then in 1981, Paris and in 1982, New York, he created the Yohji Yamamoto collection. He set up his first small company that became extraordinarily popular in all of Japan. He then moved to Paris to open up his first shop. His two major lines Y's and Yohji Yamamoto are now in high-end department stores worldwide. Yamamoto has also created many other popular lines such as Pour Homme, Costume d'Homme, and Regulation Yohji Yamamoto.

Yamamoto has collaborated with many different brands such as Adidas (Y-3), Hermès, Mikimoto and Mandarina Duck; and with artists such as Tina Turner, Sir Elton John, Placebo, Takeshi Kitano, Pina Bausch and Heiner Müller. His signature aesthetic of dark all-black pieces impacted the fashion world in the 80s.

Yohji Yamamoto has always used mixed media and situated himself in the arts. He moves toward film with Wim Wenders' movie picture of him Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989) and with a joint effort on ensembles with Takeshi Kitano for his films Brother (1999), Dolls (2002), and Zatoichi (2003); he additionally plays with drama by making outfits for the Opera de Lyon creation of Madame Butterfly (1990), for Tristan and Isolde coordinated by Heïner Muller (1993) and for the Kanagawa Art Festival Opera Susanoo in 1994. That very year he gets the "Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" designation from the French Minister of Culture. He likewise takes an interest in the 25th Anniversary of Pina Bausch Company in 1998. In 2002 Yamamoto publishes his book Talking to Myself by Yohji Yamamoto.

Public Art. Collections

 * Spring 2019 Ready-to-Wear https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2019-ready-to-wear/yohji-yamamoto


 * Fall 2019 Ready-to-Wear https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/fall-2019-ready-to-wear/yohji-yamamoto
 * Spring 2021 Ready-to-Wear https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2021-ready-to-wear/yohji-yamamoto
 * Fall 2021 Ready-to-Wear https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/fall-2021-ready-to-wear/yohji-yamamoto
 * Yohji Yamamoto at V&A https://www.dezeen.com/2011/03/16/yohji-yamamoto-at-the-va/


 * Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989) by Wim Wenders


 * Brother (2000) by Kitano Takeshi


 * Dolls (2002) by Kitano Takeshi


 * Wagner:Tristan und Isolde (2008) by Heiner Müller


 * Yohji Yamamoto: This is My Dream (2011) by Theo Stanley