Yohji Yamamoto on view at London's Victoria and Albert Museum, which is hosting a retrospective of the fashion innovator's work curated by Ligaya Salazar, running through July 10.
Since the debut of Japanese designers exhibiting in Paris 30 years ago, they have challenged the West’s view of balance and symmetry. The current retrospective of Yohji Yamamoto at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum curated by Ligaya Salazar displays that new sense of classicism through the 21st century lens. Salazar states, “fabric is everything,” allowing visitors to touch and react from the designer’s tactile message.
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With my eyes turned to the past, I walk backwards into the future.
Yohji Yamamoto
The beauty of Yamamoto’s work comes through his gestural approach to draping echoing or enveloping the body that gave birth to the current vocabulary of design.
Yohji Yamamoto on view at London's Victoria and Albert Museum
Yohji Yamamoto on view at London's Victoria and Albert Museum
Yohji Yamamoto on view at London's Victoria and Albert Museum
