Yohji Yamamoto Chronicle - YOHJI YAMAMOTO pour homme S/S2009

"There's been a certain low-key grandeur to Yohji's collections of late, but he really dialed down the volume with this homespun offering. A handful of the models were his own age - handsome old guys, their faces a road map - and when they all took the stage at show's end, it was sort of like an elegiac Clint Eastwood moment. Kinda fab, kinda sad, with clothes to match. Hence, the topstitching that gave some of the pieces such a worn-but-worthy edge, like wrinkles. (...) Couple the unprofessionals with the young models - and the defiantly chunky English artist Steve McQueen - and it was obvious that Yohji was making a statement about all shapes and sizes (...)" from Vogue Runway, June 25th 2008