Yohji, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Looser Fit (Yohji Yamamoto Thread) - Page 16

Hey, from what I can see that wool jacket looks to fit pretty perfect. Wish the photo was brighter. If you can size up on that hoodie, then I think you should go for it. Definitely agree with Unc there. I think most of this stuff is Y's right? So they may actually not be meant to fit as oversized as mainline, all depends on the cut. The l/s tee you posted I think is a good fit though. I have one that is pretty similar and the sleeves stop right where yours do now. What sizes are the top and the jacket? That will be a great guide to determining your actual size I think. If I remember correctly the jacket was a size 3?

Some more details. Both items are from FW11 and I wore both of them today.

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100% cotton khaki pants with buttons on the waist allowing for adjustment of both the width and the pleating in the front. There's also a stitched in cuff at the hem of the pants. Fabric is stiff, but very comfortable and not particularly warm. I really like the colour and texture of the fabric which you can see is green with flecks of white.




Shirt is 100% cotton and as shown has a double collar - the collar underneath is stitched to the underside of the top collar - and a double placket. The second placket's button holes are slightly out of sync with the buttons on the shirt, meaning that even when fully buttoned it will bunch up at the top which I quite like.




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Bonus pic with a now too small corduroy jacket
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Yup, the fabric is stiff but lightweight. Very comfortable.

Yohji AW 2012/2013 is tomorrow in Paris!

Here's the live link on Nowfashion.com. Should be showing at 6pm GMT +1.

Looking forward to this immensely. I ended up with an inordinate amount of pieces from his AW11 collection and I still have about 3 or 4 I am hunting down in a size 4. Anyone want to speculate about what the collection tomorrow could be like?

Here's my 'fashion write-up'

We went from Spring 2011 where Yohji said people were not dressing up any more and so he went full on formal and OTT referencing a time in Western cultures that men dressed up and were expected to. Lots of colour and patterns and a much slimmer style than usually associated with Yohji. Breeches, tail coats, top hats and floral patterned suits were the order of the day here. Considering all the trouble Yohji and his company had been going through not long before, it felt like Yohji letting loose once more and showing renewed vigor.

Then AW11 came with a more muted palette and mood. Yohji dwelled on mortality and a particular kind of honest masculinity tinged with vulnerability (one of the models even had a handkerchief he was using to mop his sweating brow). He added a shirt/jacket hybrid to his repertoire of clothing forms and played with the nature and definition of some pieces (shirt-jacket hybrids, cardigans with what looked like other cardigans underneath, coats with double lapels, cardigans with blazer lapels etc.).

SS12 brought volume back to Spring and in what a way! Hakama-inspired and tapered "ninja" pants were the predominant trousers in this collection. Yohji blended East & West to execute another take on the traditional suit and bring a casual ease to Spring. His models were not men in skirts, but they were not far off.

Is there any progressive thread one could follow here? Are we looking at more colour? Less colour? More skirts? Reduced volume? A reiteration of a past collection? A new collaboration? Yohji had said there were going to be new projects unveiled soon - we saw s'yte last year. Could this season be the one where he unveils a new facet of the revitalised YY?? Will we get more erotic print coats??? Will Yohji get women to walk down the catwalk in men's clothes again???!!

Tomorrow we shall have all the answers (and hopefully get a good collection to boot ).

Thanks pppp. Unfortunately, I can barely button that blazer now. Kind of scary that at this time last year I could fit into some size 48 things . Yohji has been giving me a false sense of my true size .

I am now in the process of tempering my expectations a bit now, lol. Still looking forward to it of course. He does seem to have a newfound zeal and all the anniversary celebrations and various exhibitions should have put him in a good mood I hope. Let's see what happens. Will put up photos here for easy viewing

Man, I was just thinking of you when I saw the Rick show. What is he doing really???

Just read via that Yohji is launching a new brand called Yohji Jeans in collaboration with Edwin Jeans of Japan. More info at the link. This might be a pointer to what to expect from AW2012. Might be an opportunity for them to showcase some of the pieces they are working on for the collection.