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Yohji Yamamoto

Designer, Yohji Yamamoto

The influential Japanese designer, known for masterful tailoring and directional cuts, has collaborated with Adidas and Hermès.

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Workplace & Talent

How I Broke Into Fashion | PR Consulting’s Pierre Rougier

Pierre Rougier went from studying political science to working in PR for Hermès, Yohji Yamamoto and Margiela before launching his own agency. How did he do it?

Workplace & Talent

How I Broke Into Fashion | PR Consulting’s Pierre Rougier

Pierre Rougier went from studying political science to working in PR for Hermès, Yohji Yamamoto and Margiela before launching his own agency. How did he do it?


Retail

Top 10 Influential Retailers Off Fashion’s Beaten Path

BoF identifies the multi-brand boutiques making waves in markets far beyond the world’s fashion capitals.

Retail

Top 10 Influential Retailers Off Fashion’s Beaten Path

BoF identifies the multi-brand boutiques making waves in markets far beyond the world’s fashion capitals.


Fashion Week

Yohji Yamamoto's Romantic Aggression

The grand poet of deconstructed masculinity found a newfound ease and pervading lightness, even in the darkest corners of the show.

Fashion Week

Yohji Yamamoto's Romantic Aggression

The grand poet of deconstructed masculinity found a newfound ease and pervading lightness, even in the darkest corners of the show.


Workplace & Talent

Japan Wants More Fashion Designers from Abroad

As Japan’s population ages and shrinks, the government hopes to alleviate the labour shortage by recruiting more foreign specialists. But are there more obstacles than opportunities?

Workplace & Talent

Japan Wants More Fashion Designers from Abroad

As Japan’s population ages and shrinks, the government hopes to alleviate the labour shortage by recruiting more foreign specialists. But are there more obstacles than opportunities?


Luxury

Inside J.W. Anderson’s ‘Disobedient Bodies’

J.W. Anderson spent two years working with The Hepworth Wakefield on 'Disobedient Bodies.' Here, he tells Tim Blanks about 'crossing lines of creativity' and how today's political climate has lent an unwitting timeliness to the exhibition.

Luxury

Inside J.W. Anderson’s ‘Disobedient Bodies’

J.W. Anderson spent two years working with The Hepworth Wakefield on 'Disobedient Bodies.' Here, he tells Tim Blanks about 'crossing lines of creativity' and how today's political climate has lent an unwitting timeliness to the exhibition.


Fashion Week

In Paris, Singularity Shines Through the Incoherence

The winners of the season were designers who stuck to a single, brilliant idea, like Demna Gvasalia at Balenciaga, Rei Kawakubo at Comme des Garçons and Jun Takahashi of Undercover, argues Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

In Paris, Singularity Shines Through the Incoherence

The winners of the season were designers who stuck to a single, brilliant idea, like Demna Gvasalia at Balenciaga, Rei Kawakubo at Comme des Garçons and Jun Takahashi of Undercover, argues Angelo Flaccavento.


Fashion Week

Vintage Yohji Yamamoto

The designer's collection brought back memories of his early forays into the western scene — it felt punchy just as much as it was melancholic.

Fashion Week

Vintage Yohji Yamamoto

The designer's collection brought back memories of his early forays into the western scene — it felt punchy just as much as it was melancholic.


Fashion Week

Yohji's Punk State of Mind

The older Yohji Yamamoto gets, the punker and punker his attitude towards sartorial matters and life gets.

Fashion Week

Yohji's Punk State of Mind

The older Yohji Yamamoto gets, the punker and punker his attitude towards sartorial matters and life gets.


Fashion Week

The County of Milan’s Bright New Territories

The new County of Milan collection marked a turning point, and a decisive switch towards fashion.

Fashion Week

The County of Milan’s Bright New Territories

The new County of Milan collection marked a turning point, and a decisive switch towards fashion.


News & Analysis

The Best of BoF 2016 | Top 10 Videos

From rare in-depth interviews with industry icons Yohji Yamomto and John Galliano, to talks with pop-culture figures will.i.am and Joan Smalls, in 2016 BoF captured the people shaping the global fashion industry on film.

News & Analysis

The Best of BoF 2016 | Top 10 Videos

From rare in-depth interviews with industry icons Yohji Yamomto and John Galliano, to talks with pop-culture figures will.i.am and Joan Smalls, in 2016 BoF captured the people shaping the global fashion industry on film.


What is The BoF 500?

The people shaping the global fashion industry, curated by the editors of The Business of Fashion, based on nominations and on-the-ground intelligence from around the world.

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