Yamamoto going bankrupt

Yup. Never thought I'd see it happen, but there it is.

http://www.wwd.com/business-news/yoh...Alert/20091008

tsk tsk tsk...http://www.styleforum.net/showthread...31495&page=209
Special flower.

"Investment firm Integral Corporation said it had signed a deal to sponsor the brand and provide a cash injection. "

"As part of the restructuring plan, Integral's Yoshihiro Hemmi, formerly vice-president of Adidas Japan, will become chairman of the fashion house's board. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8298946.stm

Surprising! I had always thought that Yohji was more or less impervious to economic ups and downs. I mean, in the grand scheme, I can see why... very high retail price for even basic items, limited distribution, no "it" bags, accessories, or perfumes... but as I said, Yohji's never been like other designers. With his fashion, he's one of the only designers who continually creates interesting stuff regardless of the trends of the time. Others get called "out of touch," but never Yohji. Even though I can't wear his stuff, it's times like this I wish I were some internet billionaire. I would have done the same for Lacroix a few months back when he went bust... and for Yohji, too. Just write 'em a check for $20-30mil and say, "good luck." Glad he's getting some backers, just because he's got such an interesting/refreshing vision of fashion that it would be a huge loss for him to disappear.

Originally Posted by rach2jlc

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Glad he's getting some backers, just because he's got such an interesting/refreshing vision of fashion that it would be a huge loss for him to disappear.

I don't think someone like Yohji would ever just disappear. He'd go on to something else for sure...I hope.

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I don't think someone like Yohji would ever just disappear. He'd go on to something else for sure...I hope.

Maybe, but some (like Helmut Lang) got so sick of it that he quit. Now he just raises chickens and makes ****** art out in the hamptons.

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Surprising! I had always thought that Yohji was more or less impervious to economic ups and downs. I mean, in the grand scheme, I can see why... very high retail price for even basic items, limited distribution, no "it" bags, accessories, or perfumes.

I personally wondered how he did it without these things. His prices in the japan aren't as outrageous in Japan but still. Extending into US and Europe and whatnot probably didn't help. I know Y-3 was supposed to bring in some extra cash and what not but it's gotta be hard without those essentials (bags/perfumes/sunglasses/womensshoes/basics). I read about this yesterday. Definitely sad to see. Hopefully, he manages to work through this

Take one look at his prices in the US and it's not surprising nobody here is buying the stuff.

$885 for a shirt? $1200 for hitops?

Who's buying this stuff?

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Take one look at his prices in the US and it's not surprising nobody here is buying the stuff. $885 for a shirt? $1200 for hitops?
Yeah, I've always been REALLY surprised by his prices here in the US. I mean, in Japan, the classic black blazers are in the $1000 range and usually the knits/sweaters and such are 30,000 yen ($300 or so) or less. Pants and shirts, too, are in the $250-300 range, unless made of some crazy material or with some major couturish elements. I checked out his boutique in Osaka just a month of so back; I saw nothing I could actually wear, but the prices weren't shocking. In fact, they were a whole lot less than any of the Euro brands... the $895 tote from YSL RG was 130,000 yen (right now about $1400). I just don't get how they figured out his prices outside Japan. CdG, for example, is slightly more in the US than in Japan, but not extreme.

^ Those are the prices in Japan?

How much are his awesome boxers? http://www.barneys.com/YY%20Boxer%20...efault,pd.html

Even diffusion line prices are outrageous in the US compared to japan. Coming Soon canvas sneakers for $650? The ****? His Y's and Coming Soon stuff are about the same prices at mainline. Makes no sense. The japanese prices for diffusion line stuff makes much more sense

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Even diffusion line prices are outrageous in the US compared to japan. Coming Soon canvas sneakers for $650? The ****? His Y's and Coming Soon stuff are about the same prices at mainline. Makes no sense. The japanese prices for diffusion line stuff makes much more sense
Yeah, you can get a full Y's for men suit (classic Yohji silhouette baggy wool 2B in black) as a separate for about 79,000 yen for the jacket and 24,900 yen for the pants. As for the above boxers, I must admit I didn't look at them closely. They had them, along with the other crazy-looking jackets and stuff in that pattern, but I didn't pay attention. Doubt they were anything close to $1255, though. I've long thought barneys largely just makes up its own prices, though.

I wanted this sweater on from atelier last year which was about 8-900 and when I tracked it down in japan it was around 360. The cloak I wanted was $3 here and about $1400 in japan. I've bought cdg for not much more than japan like you said rach but jw is a little more yohji-ish in pricing here than japan (about 50% more).

He has a lot of good pieces and they're not really that difficult to wear, I would definitely have some if the prices weren't extortionate and more accessible.

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I wanted this sweater on from atelier last year which was about 8-900 and when I tracked it down in japan it was around 360. The cloak I wanted was $3 here and about $1400 in japan. I've bought cdg for not much more than japan like you said rach but jw is a little more yohji-ish in pricing here than japan (about 50% more). He has a lot of good pieces and they're not really that difficult to wear, I would definitely have some if the prices weren't extortionate and more accessible.
I've had TONS of Yohji and think it's easy to wear on the right guy. You're probably one of them; sadly I wasn't. And, yeah, I agree that Junya tends to be really high here; I suppose because he's so "hot" now. Honestly, a lot of the stores and such here just make up their own pricing. I mean, the MMM AIDS shirts actually are supposed to cost MSRP... what.... 30-40 euros or something? And yet Barneys and the rest have been getting $100-120 for them... With Yohji, this pricing certainly has had an effect, not only because people aren't buying $405 socks and leggings, but also because he has more competition in the "Goth Ninja" styling. YES, he basically invented it, but he's not got a monopoly.

Seriously, well we'll see what happens maybe some consultants can be like why the **** are you making thousand dollar boxers n **** no wonder. I honestly just glance at the stuff barneys has because even on sale I'm buying jil, margiela and dries for a fraction of the cost (and my preference is for those anyways) so there is never any money left over for yy.