Yohji Yamamoto

🎐 YFM Archive [1970s-80s] Pocket-Panel Docking Shirt

Description

Y's for Men - Yohji Yamamoto Collection: Archive (1979 to early 1980s) Item: ML-B08-021 Composition: Cotton (100%) Made in Japan. This is an oversize shirt from the earliest Y's for Men collections, Yohji Yamamoto's first line for men. It can be dated by the label style and it is most likely from sometime between 1979 and the early 1980s. It features double front pockets created by a large panel attached to the front from seam to seam, a technique known as docking (when different sections of fabric are combined to create unique visual and functional elements). The fabric is fine white dash stripes on an alternating blue and brown backdrop. By using these colours Yohji-san created an optical mixing effect which makes the shirt look taupe, grey, or charcoal coloured from a distance. This method is also known as colour blending, where the shirt appears to be a blend of the other colours from a distance instead of made up of these subtle stripes of the individual colours. The shirt showcases the kind of exceptional design that characterize the best of Yohji-san's work, and is a unique piece for collectors of his archival work. In very good condition for age with light fading and no structural issues, all buttons intact including the extra button. Approximate Measurements: • Chest: 24 ⅜” (62 cm) • Length: 32 ⅝” (83 cm) • Shoulders: 20 ⅛” (51 cm) • Sleeve Length: 23 ¼” (59 cm) • Hem: 22 ⅞” (58 cm) Y's for Men was Yohji Yamamoto's first and original menswear line which ran from 1979 to 2009. He created it based on the idea of clothing for men that would complement his Y's line for women thereby "enabling a man to look his best when standing next to her." The Y's for Men line has always been inspired by Yohji's personal wardrobe. In 2023 the Y's for Men line returned after a 13 year break, and is now a current line again with new collections. Offers welcome. Please ask all questions before buying. Items are as pictured and described. Shipping from British Columbia, Canada. Final sale, no returns. For more avant-garde collecting: @ehtersono

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