The Japanese designer and David Bowie-collaborator has died aged 76
has died aged 76, following a battle with acute myeloid leukaemia. Yamamoto’s daughter Mirai shared the news this weekend, saying that her father “left this world peacefully, surrounded by loved ones”. Taking to Instagram, she wrote: “In my eyes, my father was not only the eclectic and energetic soul that the world knew him as, but someone who was also thoughtful, kind-hearted and affectionate.”
Born in Yokohama in 1944, the designer’s career started out not in fashion but civil engineering, which he studied at school before reading English at the Nippon University in Tokyo. However, Yamamoto dropped out of university to turn his attention to fashion in 1965, making history a mere six years later as the first Japanese designer to present a collection in Europe with his legendary 1971 “womenswear” show.
Bowie became a lifelong collaborator of Yamamoto’s, who created several now-seminal garments for the musician’s 1972tour, and, later, his Aladdin Sane period. Bowie’s dramatic, androdynous style and Yamamoto’s bold, unrestrained pieces – which were frequently so artistic they appeared closer to sculpture than clothing – made for a perfect pairing.
In the decades since, Yamamoto’s pioneering, gender-defying designs have made an indelible mark on the world of fashion, influencingfrom Jean Paul Gaultier and Hedi Slimane to Rick Owens and Nicolas Ghesquière, who featured a collaboration with the artist in his Louis Vuitton Cruise 2018 collection.
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