When Yohji Yamamoto wants to convey his ideas to the people he works with he uses words, not drawings. Each of his collaborations started with a conversation. Sometimes, as is apparent from interviews within this issue, a few words were enough to realise beautiful projects, develop special friendships, build things that transcend the ordinary.

When Yohji Yamamoto wants to convey his ideas to the people he works with he uses words, not drawings. Each of his collaborations started with a conversation. Sometimes, as is apparent from interviews within this issue, a few words were enough to realise beautiful projects, develop special friendships, build things that transcend the ordinary.

A Magazine 的联合出版人Patrick评价安特卫普最知名的服装设计师之一Martin Margiela策划的那期A Magazine时说，Martin Margiela用杂志“build his own world”。 “建造一个自己的世界”最能清楚地描述A Magazine在杂志领域是一个怎样的异类：它完全打破了杂志的规则，让每个“策划者”可以按照自己的意愿“建造”一个他们自己的“世界”，做策划，邀请自己的朋友，完成选题等等。Martin Margiela借用这个机会，邀请了众多朋友、合作者来闲聊，比如最初他们如何认识的，其时这些人正在做些什么事情等等，通过一个历时的叙事方式回忆那些鲜活的细节，当时和现在的生存状态，从而基于时间建造了一个“世界”。 另一位服装设计师Haider Ackermann却似乎在利用杂志建造一个“潜意识世界”：没...(展开全部)

A warm smile, vere questioning eyes, your fragile hands. Time and time again they combine and seduce with their elegance and intensity. We haven’t seen each other so much in the past few months. Enough though to guess who you are. We sat at the table together. Listened to each other. Sometimes you were very happy. Sometimes severe, when it seemed that we wouldn’t be able to rea...(展开全部)

Following his first show in Paris in 1981, Yamamoto became an instant success and has risen to the ranks of the world's top designers. This volume explores his pioneering approach to fashion - his loose, unstructured garments which have become a striking alternative to Western style.

Inspired by Japan's evocative Shunga woodblock prints, this young Japanese painter and illustrator has created a world of stunning erotica and seduction. Genderless bodies can be found intertwined in scenes cloaked in brilliant colors and executed to perfection. Yamamoto's first publication is filled with a troubling beauty that addresses not only Japan's historical pillow book...(展开全部)

Since the early ’80s, Yohji Yamamoto’s groundbreaking silhouettes and innovative design aesthetic have propelled him to the highest rank of the international avant-garde. Distinguished by his anti-fashion approach, Yamamoto changed the face of contemporary fashion, radically transforming it with asymmetrical and highly conceptual designs partly inspired by the techniques of tr...(展开全部)

Following his first show in Paris in 1981, Yamamoto became an instant success and has risen to the ranks of the world's top designers. This volume explores his pioneering approach to fashion - his loose, unstructured garments which have become a striking alternative to Western style.

Inspired by Japan's evocative Shunga woodblock prints, this young Japanese painter and illustrator has created a world of stunning erotica and seduction. Genderless bodies can be found intertwined in scenes cloaked in brilliant colors and executed to perfection. Yamamoto's first publication is filled with a troubling beauty that addresses not only Japan's historical pillow book...(展开全部)