In conversation: Yohji Yamamoto & Tim Blanks | System

“I can’t change the world, but maybe I can change the idea of beauty.” In 2024, System filmed a rare extended interview with Yohji Yamamoto conducted by fashion journalist Tim Blanks. At 80, the legendary designer reflected on his life and work in a conversation shaped by four decades of exchanges between him and Blanks. Watch as Yamamoto revisits the anger of his youth, the fate that led him to clothing, and the bond he has sustained with both Tokyo and Paris. He also spoke openly about life and death, chance and destiny, and the philosophy that has guided more than half a century of creation. This is Yohji Yamamoto & Tim Blanks: In conversation. Direction by Christophe Tiphaine and Louis Ghodsi Produced by @deuxdeuxdeux DOPs: Lucie Plançon & Sebastian Dewsbery Sound by Arnaud Neyreneuf Edit and Grading by @deuxdeuxdeux Sound Mix by Marvin Houziaux Original music composition by Frederic Sanchez