Yohji Yamamoto

Kimono and dress ensemble

Maker

Yohji Yamamoto, design house
Yohji Yamamoto (Japanese, b. 1943), designer

Title

Kimono and dress ensemble

Year

Autumn/Winter 1995

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2015.6.2ab

Type

Exhibition History

The Phantom of Liberty
Contemporary Works in the RISD Museum Collection
May 04, 2018 – Dec 30, 2018

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I was born in the ruin [of World War II Japan]. I had no memory about Japanese culture, because those things were all destroyed. So maybe this is my root, the ruined Tokyo.

For a long time I didn't want to touch [my native culture]-I am Japanese and I didn't want to do souvenirs. Then one day, I thought it is time to touch it and to break all my taboos. -Yohji Yamamoto

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Yohji Yamamoto, design house
Yohji Yamamoto (Japanese, b. 1943), designer
Kimono and dress ensemble, Autumn/Winter 1995
Shibori-dyed silk plain weave (kimono); wool and nylon gauze weave with silk satin-weave trim (dress)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 2015.6.2ab

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