Sasha in Yohji Yamamoto (1985) Photography by Paolo Roversi

 “When I started making clothes for my line Y’s in 1977, all I wanted was for women to wear men’s clothes. I jumped on the idea of designing coats for women. It meant something to me – the idea of a coat guarding and hiding a woman’s body. I wanted to protect the woman’s body from something – maybe from men’s eyes or a cold wind.”

Yohji Yamamoto (山本 耀司 Yamamoto Yōji) is a Japanese fashion designer

"I think that my men's clothes look as good on women as my women's clothing […] When I started designing, I wanted to make men's clothes for women."

Yohji Yamamoto (山本 耀司 Yamamoto Yōji) is a Japanese fashion designer