Talking to Myself

by Yamamoto, Yohji; Sozzani, Carla; Washida, Kiyokazu

• ISBN13: 9783882438253
• ISBN10: 3882438258
• Edition: Boxed
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-11-01
• Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc

Summary

French electronic musician Jean-Michel Jarre once defined Yohji Yamamoto's style like this: "For me, a Yohji woman in is like a nymphomaniac nun." His clothes are at once sensual and very ritualistic. This about man whose reputation marks him as a designer of clothes for earnest intellectuals. This about a man whose 1998 wedding show featured a bridal striptease which took models from inflated Victorian crinolines down to slim-line dresses and pants. This about a man who is one of the most revered and idiosyncratic of 20th century designers. In Talking to Myself Yamamoto has created an illustrated notebook that recounts the phases of his life. A work in progress punctuated with multiple images, Talking to Myself is the only book in which Yamamoto has become personally involved, making it a veritable extension of his own private world. In it, he talks to himself and with philosopher and art/fashion critic Kiyokazu Washida about himself and the objects he creates, objects that meld, blend with, andare assimilated by the person they seek to enhance. Pages marked by Yamamoto's pen and brush with Japanese ideograms, striking sketches, and abstract compositions help decipher his desire to achieve anti-fashion through fashion itself.