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Yohji Yamamoto to Release First Feature Film in 2014

Justin Fenner — Tue, 01 May 2012 08:19:46 PDT

Yohji Yamamoto will follow in Tom Ford's footsteps when he directs a movie slated for release in 2014 - but don't expect him to design the costumes for it.

In an interview with WWD, Yamamoto said he's overseeing the general creative aspects of the film - whose name and theme are being kept under wraps - but he's not going to be in charge of it on a granular level. Yamamoto has hired someone to write the film's script, which isn't based on his life. He also said he sees designing fashion and designing costumes as two distinct professions. Whether that means he'll hire someone else to make the costumes was unclear.

"I don’t want to kill the characters of the actors and actresses with my ego," he said. "[Costume designers] have to know which fashions and which trends were running at which time, so their knowledge of past clothing is sometimes better than ours."

Yamamoto has designed costumes for films in the past. He made the clothes for Takeshi Kitano's film Dolls and also made some 500 costumes for Wim Wenders's Until the End of the World in the early '90s.

Yohji Yamamoto Fall 2012

fashionologie — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 05:59:53 PST

>> For Fall 2012, Yohji Yamamoto offered up something new: sexiness. It came in the form of body-con silhouettes, asymmetrical draping, and skin-exposing slits. Military jackets and a punched-up palette of primary hues provided a sense of sporty confidence, as did the combat boots and dip-dyed hair that accompanied each look.

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Yohji Yamamoto Fall 2011

fashionologie — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 13:46:35 PST

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Paris: Yohji Yamamoto Men's Spring 2011

coutorture — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:34:40 PDT

Paris 06/24/10 WireImage

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Over 3,000 Fans Cheer on Yohji Yamamoto's Menswear Show in Japan

coutorture — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:04:38 PDT

Returning to the city where he got his start, Yohji Yamamoto presented his men's line in Tokyo yesterday with a crowd of 3,200 watching from the city's 1964 Olympic stadium. “This is a kind of compensation for my absence from Japan. I’m sorry I was absent for 20 years,” Yamamoto said of coming home after seasons showing in Paris. His country provided inspiration for this collection, and Yamamoto made statements backstage about the importance of beauty, quality, and creativity over commerce and economic power. Of the fast fashion phenomenon, he told WWD, "I don’t think it’s a threat, I would say: 'Let it go. Go to hell.'"

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Fashion in 50 Seconds 03/11/10 Matthew Williamson For Bulgari, Yohji Yamamoto Back on the Runway

coutorture — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:30:26 PST

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Matthew Williamson is designing a capsule collection for Bulgari to launch spring 2011.

Whitney Port presented a fall 2010 collection in Miami as part of a group show with GenArt's Fresh Faces.

After filing for bankruptcy last year and canceling his menswear shows, Yohji Yamamoto will present a runway collection for men in Tokyo on April 1.

fashionologie — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:17:59 PST

>> Yohji Yamamoto Pulls Out of NYC? -After showing a notably more wearable and sellable Spring 2010 collection, Yohji Yamamoto filed for bankruptcy in October. The company was subsequently rescued by Japanese private equity fund Integral Corp., which committed to financing the house's restructuring. At the time, Yohji vowed to "continue to show Japanese fashion on the level of the world stage," but for now, it seems that Yohji is gone from the retail scene in Manhattan. Both Yamamoto boutiques have been papered over and locked up. [Racked]

UPDATE: Yamamoto's store in Antwerp and the new flagship on Rue Cambon in Paris have also reportedly been shuttered. [Racked]

Paris Fashion Week: Yohji Yamamoto Spring 2010

coutorture — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:44:15 PDT

Paris 10/02/09. Getty Images

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Fashion In 50 Seconds 06/08/09 Yohji Not Showing Men's & More

coutorture — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:18:00 PDT

Yohji Yamamoto will not show its Spring 2010 men's collection during Fashion Week in Paris.

This year's CFDA Swarovski Award nominees will be toasted in a series of short films produced by KCD.

The 17 year-old DKNY billboard in Soho is finally gone and will soon to be replaced by a billboard from Hollister.

In 2006, Talbots bought J. Jill for $517 million and now the company is now selling J. Jill to Golden Gate Capital for $75 million.

Yohji Yomamoto Fall 2009: "Bloody" Beauties

fashionologie — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:07:17 PST

>> Two very different designers, Alber Elbaz for Lanvin and Yohji Yamamoto, showed collections with a largely red and black color scheme today. The latter said his red stood for “blood and crazy,” but it's not as terrifying as it seems. In fact, the collection was quite beautiful: wool coats in all shapes and sizes - bunched, brushed with red or white, boasting asymmetrical flaps or gauzy overlay. The Moment called it "poetic," which seems most appropriate; even with the punkish streaked hair, one-eye eyeliner, the soundtrack was still eery piano. Neon pink and red flats and booties made their debut, part of Yohji's new collaboration with Salvatore Ferragamo, and it all finished with a choreographed finale: five models, hand-in-hand, each wearing a tomato red coat, formed a circle, displaying a strip of hot pink down their backs.
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