Vintage Yohji Yamamoto Chocolate Brown Suede Capelet 1988

Detail: Exquisite vintage Yohji Yamamoto chocolate brown suede capelet from his AW 1988 collection. Beautifully crafted with super soft suede of the very highest quality. Double breasted with a single button fastening. Fully lined in black silk. Slight asymmetrical cut to hemline.

Period: 1988

Condition: Excellent

Sizing: UK8-10

Colour: Chocolate Brown

Fabric: Suede and Silk

Origin: Japan

Care: Specilaist Dry Clean

Born in Tokyo in 1943. After completing a degree in law, Yohji Yamamoto turned his attentions to fashion by working with his mother and graduating from Bunka Fashion Collage in Tokyo in 1969. In the same year, he started the Yamamoto label. His international success came in 1981, when he showed in Paris. His oversized black, distressed and deconstructed collection caused a sensation. His work was compared to that of Rei Kawakubo but his approach is in fact quite different. For Yamamoto, a continuing love affair with black is intended to focus the viewer’s attention on the cut and proportions with no distraction. For over thirty years, Yohji Yamamoto has replied heavy on the relationship that exists between the garment and wearer. He revels in asymmetry - for him this is a thing of beauty. Imperfections, creatively inspire him. He wants to see scars, failure, disorder and distortions in his work which, is entirely individual and highly complex, and there is no doubt that his influence is everywhere. Vintage Yohji Yamamoto Chocolate Brown Suede Capelet 1988.