Yohji, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Looser Fit (Yohji Yamamoto Thread) - Page 219

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Originally Posted by Ivwri 

Just to chime in and say that I sold and gave away most of my wardrobe to make room for Yohji garments. It starts slowly and can build a lot of momentum once you get into a nice groove. The best thing about his clothing though is that like dante said, you generally won't get bored of them. Even if all you have is a nice pair of gabardine 100 pants and a jacket, you will find that you can keep on wearing that combo throughout the week just changing out your shirt/tshirt. Very monk-like in fact sometimes if you want to look at it a certain way. And then when you start going for the more standout pieces it allows you to experiment and "go wild" every now and then .
Looking forward to seeing you take the plunge Ben. Best to go at it slowly and focus on building a solid base before branching out.
Welcome to the thread Rylon. Hope to see more posts from you as well

well i suggest to benesyed y's gabardine suit that essox was selling for fantastic price and the suit was awesome. not sure what happened. :/

on side note i want jeans....

c'mon me too but look at this cut... who cuts jeans like that :D ridiculous...  

glad to hear that you got this y's suit. i hope to see fit post ;)

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Originally Posted by Ivwri 


Haha! True that. I have been tempted to pick up something from his "denim" collection if I ever see anything for that very reason
Yohji is a boss. I doubt I could pull off the full denim look he has going on in that pic. Think it might work better on smaller guys maybe?
EDIT - Damn that jacket is bloody nice though. Look at those buttons.

you mean ss02? too slim and boring? no? one of those jeans will be mine at some point in my life =))

His runway stuff is absurd, but what he was wearing? I couldn't pull it off, but it looks phenomenal on him.

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Originally Posted by Ivwri 


Most of the time Yohji's stuff only looks absurd on the runway because of the styling which tends to seem "over the top" (like most runway shows I would say) until you get used to it (generally I would say typical Yohji outfits are weird/outlandish without being loud in the same way a Russian Orthodox monk/priest would be I guess. They stand out in a typical Western urban setting without being loud about it) or sometimes just plain nutty hehe. The trick is to be able to get over the entire impression of an outfit and look at the individual pieces if the full look is not to your liking.
You would also be surprised what looks you could pull off if you just didn't think about it and focused on how comfortable you were first and foremost.

Oh,  completely agree on that. I went through this thing for a while after going tailgating with my dad where I really wanted to own some straight-leg light washed jeans and a college sweatshirt for fall sporting events. I finally gave in and went to the Old Navy. Still have them, still wear them to tennis tournaments and tailgating.

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Originally Posted by Benesyed 

Oh I bought it. I just also want to buy is issey pants and so will be paying for that so that he can ship them both together
I also bought slstrs grey pants. Waiting for those to arrive!
Also, there are blazers and pants every once in a while by MMM that i feel if you size up would work well. And actually one season there was a diesel black gold blazer, looked very pseudo yohji, it had this interesting raw pattern on one side of the jacket, as if it had been clawed by something but it was actually just multiple parallell lines of string.
I certainly agree that there is no substitute for Y, but I think that working in other designers that you enjoy adds another level of personal touch. Perhaps its not pure Y but I think a little bit of play is very Y in spirit

recently i searched for a black yohji trouser in my closet and took the first i found and i thought wow, why i did not wear it more often? than i saw its the suit trouser i sold to benesyd.

sometimes its hard to let things go.