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For the first time in the history of the Palais Galliera, our new galleries located on the garden level offer you a unique look at the history of fashion, from the 18th century to the present day, through a renewed tour of our collections.

Ensemble, Yohji Yamamoto

CORSAGE AND SKIRT

Yohji Yamamoto
Label on the woven fake bodice, inside front facing left side, black on grey: "Yohji Yamamoto / MADE IN JAPAN / MADE IN JAPAN / WASHING COMPOSITION AND INSTRUCTIONS / SEE LABEL ANNEX / [English translation] / 2".
Ready-to-wear, fall-winter 2019-20
Twill 100% wool black. Black plastic buttons. 100% black cupro pongee lining. 100% black cotton twill. Braided black cotton cord.
GAL2020.2.54.1-2
Acquisition, Vogue Paris Foundation 2019
Palais Galliera, musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris

Yohji Yamamoto (1943-Aug.) concludes his autumn winter 2019-20 parade with five slowly advancing female silhouettes. All dressed in black, their heads are covered with a large black veil. They freeze before the one in the centre unveils herself with a big smile and red lips.

The discomfort that runs through the room is palpable as many journalists bring these clothes closer to the niqab. This parallel is quickly denied by the designer. Indeed, it is from popular Spain that Yohji Yamamoto drew his inspiration.

The outfit is based on the archetypal clothes worn by the veiled women of Vejer in the Cadiz region between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th: a black skirt, gathered and tied at the waist, a petticoat entirely covered by the skirt and, finally, a black mantis, also gathered and tied at the waist, which they covered by raising it over their heads, leaving only one eye exposed.

Notice's author : Alexandre Samson