Yohji Yamamoto Chronicle - YOHJI YAMAMOTO pour homme A/W08-09

"Cryptic, gnomic, enigmatic—one soon runs out of ways to describe Yohji Yamamoto's backstage statements. This time around, he said, "I thought menswear was becoming a little bit feminine; I wanted to make it masculine again." (...) A show that played out to a martial drumbeat and included looks that could have graced conflict zones as disparate as Culloden in 1746 (the warrior sweeps of plaid), the Odessa Steps in 1905 (military caps and cadet uniforms), and Córdoba in 1936 (white shirts, berets)" from Vogue Runway, January 16th 2008