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Yohji Yamamoto, design house

Kimono and dress ensemble, Autumn/Winter 1995

Description

Maker

  • Yohji Yamamoto, b. 1943, Japanese, designer
  • Yohji Yamamoto, established 1977, design house

Title

Kimono and dress ensemble

Year

Autumn/Winter 1995

Medium

Shibori-dyed silk plain weave (kimono); wool and nylon gauze weave with silk satin-weave trim (dress)

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2015.6.2ab

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Phantom of Liberty

May 4 - December 30, 2018

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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Kimono, Autumn/Winter 1995
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