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Yohji Yamamoto Louvre Exhibit"To know me better."
That's what designer Yohji Yamamoto wants for visitors to the new exhibition of his work, Just the Clothes, at the Louvre's Musée de la Mode et du Textile.
The Paris show, which opened April 13 and runs through August 28, isn't a simple retrospective and doesn't display "just the clothes."
On the contrary, it offers an exhaustive glimpse into Yamamoto's life as a designer, showcasing everything from his inspirations-fabri cs, antiques, books, and photographs of friends-to outfits that never made it to the runway, to actual replicas of his Tokyo studios.
Giant metal racks holding large bolts of fabric mark the entrance to the exhibit.
Sketches are strewn across the floor in Yamamoto's "workspace," and in the "office" of his studio director, a bottle of green tea sits atop a desk, the shelves of which hold spools of thread, vitamins, and her Chanel No. 19 fragrance.
In other rooms, antique military coats and faded nineteenth century peasant dresses from the museum's archives hang haphazardly on the walls to demonstrate Yamamoto's interest in volume, shape, and fabric textures.
The second floor is dedicated to his collections, which date back to 1981.
. Here are the dresses of layered skins from his exuberant fall 2000 Eskimo line and long canvas frocks coated in red from spring 1993.
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