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Aug102011

Being modern

 

Images via Met Museum

 

 

"To be modern is to tear the soul out of every thing" 

Yohji Yamamoto

 

 

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The details are so intricate. I've always like Yohji Yamamoto's style.

August 12, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterRouenna

That quote stopped me in my tracks. And that dress is pure confection!

September 7, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterMaryam in Marrakech

That definition is frightening.
And then I wonder, doesn't it always feel like that, to people observing the modernisation process?

January 6, 2012 | Unregistered Commentereditor

Absolutely

January 7, 2012 | Registered Commentersilent storyteller

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