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One of our favourite scenes from Wim Wenders’ seminal film Notebook on Cities and Clothes features Yohji Yamamoto creating the sign for his new store. The designer used to do this because the Yohji Yamamoto logo is essentially his signature. In this scene, he signs his name, assesses his work, feels somewhat dissatisfied, erases it, re-signs, and repeats this process about five times. Was he satisfied with the final version? We don’t believe so. We don’t believe we are alone in viewing Yamamoto’s aesthetics as pure perfection, even if he himself might disagree. If the ideal is unattainable, how else could you describe Pina Bausch dancing in a black dress designed by Yohji-san? Or a poem that captivates your mind in just two lines? This black-and-white story, captured by Fausto Elizalde and styled by Gabriella Norberg, somehow reminded me of that dance. Have we achieved perfection in this feature? We doubt it. But we definitely had poetry in our minds when we worked on it.
Talent: Yohji Yamamoto
Photographer: Fausto Elizalde
Stylist: Gabriella Norberg
Makeup Artist: Ruben Masoliver
Hair Stylist: Jacob Kajrup
Models: Justina Ageitos @ Oui Management, Florencia Mayer @ The Claw Models, Agustín Escalada @ New Madison, Juanse @ Brook Models
Set Designer: Valentina Luppino
Styling Assistant: Lia Chanturia
Hair Assistant: Fabien Renna
Editor-in-Chief: Sasha Kovaleva
