Yohji Yamamoto

Yohji Yamamoto creates amongst a lineage of Japanese designers driven by the avant-garde. In a fashion industry that moves swiftly on trends, overproduction and profit, it is almost an act of punk in itself to focus on things like asymmetrical draping and the absence of color, or black. Yamamoto is revered as the master of his craft for staying true to these ideals, no matter if applied to one of his several eponymous high-end labels or the more-accessible collaboration with adidas, Y-3.