Re: Yohji Yamamoto Mens FW08-09 - Paris
Went to Saks and the Soho Yoji store to check some of the F/W Yohii stuff out. First off, the prices on everything are ridiculous. If the materials felt luxurious, the prices might have felt a little less insane - but so much of the material he uses doesn't feel that good. Heavy knit $1700 100% wool cardigans that feel like a wool sweater you could find anywhere. The jacket/overcoat wool that he uses feels like the kind of stuff you'd find on a Jos A Bank suit.
With that said, so much of it was so awesome. The coats that unzip to show plaid underneath are f'ing great, so weird, and so cool. There were a lot of the tweed-y looking pieces at the Soho Yohji store, and the construction was great, what looks like hand-stitching on almost anything. There was a Y's silk shirt screen-printed with a lot of 50s-dubya-dubya-two girls with their tits out that I wanted badly for some unknown reason. Weird, cool tie-dye t-shirts and turtlenecks (for $800+!).
Above all, there were a pair of black oxfords with one line of creeper-style woven leather bisecting the shoe lengthwise that were cool as hell. I may need to go back for them. I've had a mediocre experience with the one pair of YY boots I have (kind of uncomfortable), so I don't know if I want to shell out.
Went to Saks and the Soho Yoji store to check some of the F/W Yohii stuff out. First off, the prices on everything are ridiculous. If the materials felt luxurious, the prices might have felt a little less insane - but so much of the material he uses doesn't feel that good. Heavy knit $1700 100% wool cardigans that feel like a wool sweater you could find anywhere. The jacket/overcoat wool that he uses feels like the kind of stuff you'd find on a Jos A Bank suit.
With that said, so much of it was so awesome. The coats that unzip to show plaid underneath are f'ing great, so weird, and so cool. There were a lot of the tweed-y looking pieces at the Soho Yohji store, and the construction was great, what looks like hand-stitching on almost anything. There was a Y's silk shirt screen-printed with a lot of 50s-dubya-dubya-two girls with their tits out that I wanted badly for some unknown reason. Weird, cool tie-dye t-shirts and turtlenecks (for $800+!).
Above all, there were a pair of black oxfords with one line of creeper-style woven leather bisecting the shoe lengthwise that were cool as hell. I may need to go back for them. I've had a mediocre experience with the one pair of YY boots I have (kind of uncomfortable), so I don't know if I want to shell out.
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