Yohji Yamamoto : designer monographs / curated by Terry Jones.
By: Yamamoto, Yohji [creator.].
Contributor(s): Jones, Terry [editor of compilation.].
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TextSeries: Designer monographs.Publisher: Köln, Germany : Taschen, [2012]Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 43 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783836538893 (hbk); 383653889X (hbk); 9783836538909; 3836538903.Uniform titles: Works. Selections Subject(s): Yamamoto, Yohji, 1943- | Fashion designers -- Japan | Fashion design -- Japan -- Pictorial worksSummary: As one of the most mentally rigorous designers working in fashion, Yohji Yamamoto creates garments that can be intellectual - sometimes even difficult - yet always beautiful. Yohji's free-spirited world is explored here via "i-D" magazine's archives starting back in the 1980s, including his adoration for women and the female form, the painful process of creating anti-fashion through fashion and how his timeless utilitarian designs can be both avant-garde and classic at once. Packed into 120 pages is biographical and personal information as well as imagery from over 30 years of i-D's history with images from photographers including Paolo Roversi, Max Vadukal, and Nick Knight, plus interviews with Jamie Huckbody, Holly Shackleton, and Terry Jones.
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | Raffles University Reference | TT505.Y36 2012 (Browse shelf) | Available | RUI1600001 |
As one of the most mentally rigorous designers working in fashion, Yohji Yamamoto creates garments that can be intellectual - sometimes even difficult - yet always beautiful. Yohji's free-spirited world is explored here via "i-D" magazine's archives starting back in the 1980s, including his adoration for women and the female form, the painful process of creating anti-fashion through fashion and how his timeless utilitarian designs can be both avant-garde and classic at once. Packed into 120 pages is biographical and personal information as well as imagery from over 30 years of i-D's history with images from photographers including Paolo Roversi, Max Vadukal, and Nick Knight, plus interviews with Jamie Huckbody, Holly Shackleton, and Terry Jones.
In English with translations in German, French, and Spanish.