May 2013
“fashion has a right to exist, because it permits people to define themselves...”
– ann demeulemeester
“You tried to change, didn’t you? Closed your mouth more, tried to be softer,...”
– Warsan Shire
“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening...”
– Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
"Fashion is shit" →
WWD: After your Y-3 10th anniversary show in New York, you said that “in the world right now, fashion is s–t.” Can you elaborate on what you meant by that? YOHJI: Let me talk like an old man. Young people, be careful. Beautiful things are disappearing every day. Be careful.…You don’t need to be [shopping at fast-fashion stores], especially young people. They are beautiful naturally, because...
“There are a million ways to bleed. But you are by far my favourite.”
– Iain S. Thomas
“I think that my men’s clothing looks as good on women as my women’s...”
– Yohji Yamamoto
