Bustier

Designer Yohji Yamamoto Japanese

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Yohji Yamamoto has explored the relationship between clothing and the body since the early 1980s, often obscuring the body beneath unstructured layers, similar to the principle of the kimono. With this bustier, Yamamoto inverts that relationship, creating an exoskeleton made of plastic boning wrapped in black silk crepe. Like Issey Miyake’s bustier nearby, Yamamoto transforms the corset from supportive underwear into sculptural, decorative outerwear that stands away from the body and removes its traditional function of reshaping the female form



On view from October 22, 2022–February 20, 2023

Bustier, Yohji Yamamoto (Japanese, born Tokyo, 1943), silk, wool, plastic, Japanese

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Bustier, Yohji Yamamoto (Japanese, born Tokyo, 1943), silk, wool, plastic, Japanese
Bustier, Yohji Yamamoto (Japanese, born Tokyo, 1943), silk, wool, plastic, Japanese
Bustier, Yohji Yamamoto (Japanese, born Tokyo, 1943), silk, wool, plastic, Japanese
Bustier, Yohji Yamamoto (Japanese, born Tokyo, 1943), silk, wool, plastic, Japanese
Bustier, Yohji Yamamoto (Japanese, born Tokyo, 1943), silk, wool, plastic, Japanese
Bustier, Yohji Yamamoto (Japanese, born Tokyo, 1943), silk, wool, plastic, Japanese
Bustier, Yohji Yamamoto (Japanese, born Tokyo, 1943), silk, wool, plastic, Japanese

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