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Originally Posted by Rompson 
Not trying to flame, but I'm pretty sure that Yohji's inspiration for his menswear is Western dress of the late 19th century. His spring collection '12 collection is about European tailoring up top and Japanese traditional clothing on the bottom. Maybe you were looking at that collection.
(Yohji people please correct me if I'm wrong. I've wondered about this myself actually.)

Not trying to flame, but I'm pretty sure that Yohji's inspiration for his menswear is Western dress of the late 19th century. His spring collection '12 collection is about European tailoring up top and Japanese traditional clothing on the bottom. Maybe you were looking at that collection.
(Yohji people please correct me if I'm wrong. I've wondered about this myself actually.)
Mix of things, a lot of Japanese elements in there. He does love this book a lot though (so do I):
http://www.amazon.com/August-Sander-People-Century-Volume/dp/B001H55MIC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333122760&sr=8-1
















.. especially the statements on Loveless and fauvism...