Yohji Yamamoto led the Japanese fashion wave of the 1980s and 1990s into the new millennium. In October 2009, after a series of bad investments, Yamamoto Inc. went bankrupt; by the end of that year the designer had inaugurated a new business and a complete reevaluation of his direction. My Dear Bomb is an outcome of this transition moment. Coauthored with Ai Mitsuda, this carefully and beautifully written autobiography (with biographical interpolations by friends and collaborators) seamlessly combines extended meditations ...
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Yohji Yamamoto led the Japanese fashion wave of the 1980s and 1990s into the new millennium. In October 2009, after a series of bad investments, Yamamoto Inc. went bankrupt; by the end of that year the designer had inaugurated a new business and a complete reevaluation of his direction. My Dear Bomb is an outcome of this transition moment. Coauthored with Ai Mitsuda, this carefully and beautifully written autobiography (with biographical interpolations by friends and collaborators) seamlessly combines extended meditations on clothing and life with Yamamoto's memories and anecdotes, in short, concise paragraphs. Throughout its pages, we encounter Yamamoto as a tough realist unburdened by disingenuousness ("I am, in fact, a man who may turn heartless in an instant; I desire only to settle each and every score immediately"); and, of course, as a great designer blessed with unerring instinct for his materials ("how does the cloth want to drape, to sway, to fall? If one keeps these things in mind and looks very carefully, the fabric itself begins to speak"). Illustrated with drawings by Yamamoto, this open-hearted meditation offers a take on the autobiography form as imaginative as the designer's fashion wear.
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Good++; Softcover; Very light wear to the back cover with minor rubbing and edgewear to the front cover; Clean textblock edges with one scratch to the top textblock edge; The endpapers and text pages are all clean and unmarked; The binding is tight with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5"-9.75" tall); 1.1 lbs; Black covers with title in dark gray lettering and black sprayed textblock edges; 2010, Ludion Publishing; 192 pages; "Yohji Yamamoto: My Dear Bomb, " by Ai Mitsuda.
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Collectable-Very Good Condition. 9789055449798. Industrial / Commercial Art & Design. VG-1st ed 2011 Ludion paperback, black edging to pages. A little edge-rubbing to cover with very light wear to spine, minor spots to end-papers, tight and unmarked throughout. Size: 5.75 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches. 192 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Industrial / Commercial Art & Design; ISBN: 9055449792. ISBN/EAN: 9789055449798. The book is available to view in-person at our Cambridge hub. The photos provided are of the actual book for sale, further condition-specific photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 090489.
Add this copy of Yohji Yamamoto My Dear Bomb to cart. $530.03, very good condition, Sold by 84 Charing Cross Road Books rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cambridge, CAMBS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2011 by Ludion.
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Collectable-Very Good Condition. 9789055449798. Industrial / Commercial Art & Design. VG 1st ed 2011 Ludion paperback, black edging to pages. Light usage only, page edges retain an even black, tight binding with very light creasing to central spine, VG and unmarked throughout. Size: 5.75 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches. 192 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Industrial / Commercial Art & Design; ISBN: 9055449792. ISBN/EAN: 9789055449798. The book is available to view in-person at our Cambridge hub. The photos provided are of the actual book for sale, further condition-specific photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 092853.
