Shuntaro Taka and discord Yohji Yamamoto| A unique aesthetic called "black" that emphasizes individuality

From the challenger to the innovator to the mode
Accessories with a rebellious spirit

Yoji Yamamoto has shaken Western aesthetics as a challenger to mode since his debut in Paris Collection in 1981. The “black” spirit with its rebellious spirit is now accepted by people as the essence of mode. On this day, Mr. Yanagi wore a luxury accessory line "discord Yohji Yamamoto" where the spirit resides. “I have loved black since I was a kid. At first glance, I think black is an unindividuality-or a color that makes it difficult to see individuality, but vice versa, I think that you can show individuality because you look at that person's face. What you wear depends on your aesthetics at that time.” The interior of the shop is characterized by a white box that was inspired by a stone set in a Japanese garden. Made in Japan bags and accessories are lined up in a dignified manner.

“Unfinished aesthetics.”
Followed on accessories

Mr. Taka, dressed in a new cut-and-sew of "Ground Y" 22SS, and salel pants, has a strong personality with the power of black. Unfinished beauty, asymmetric silhouette, and a genderless pattern—an item that modernly interprets Youji Yamamoto's core, beautifully integrates soft leather shoulder bags and tote bags. "I often think about what my essence is. This was a story I told my mother, and there was a girl in kindergarten who liked to break things. It seems that the child was often angry, such as breaking down the building blocks that everyone was playing. Seeing it, for some reason I was giving him my coupee, 'You can break it' or doing something strange. In the past, an uncle who passed each other while walking around the shrine with his mother, said, "What's a boy, a rotten face." I remember my mother's terrible wounded face at that time. I'm not conscious of myself, but since then I don't want to take a lot of photo complexes or group photos. So, it's strange that the opposite is true to start with a model now and play a play in this way. “When I was little, I didn’t want to be photographed at all,” she said.

Deployed by Shibuya PARCO
Brand's First Key Charm

Among the unique displays that light up the bag from the back, the icon bags “Y BACKPACK (BIG)” and “Strap key case” caught my eye. The backpack can be used as a shoulder bag or body bag, and the key case can be removed from the charm. The delicate logo of “Yohji Yamamoto” casually asserts its existence. “The criteria for choosing things are whether they adapt to their style. Growing up together…No, but I try to get what I feel like.”

Put in a strong message
Honesty and compassion

Mr. Taka has also experienced the forefront of mode, but what is the difference between models and actors? "There is a similar feeling, but I think it's completely different. The model looks objective at himself somewhere, but the actors don’t have it at all.” The breadth of expression has changed Mr. Taka's choice of words into a more poetic and messageable one. "Do you often say that you can't tell unless you speak? I've been thinking about it all the time. I like to read between lines and look at words like, 'I'm saying this, but what do you really think?' and I want to be explored too. In the same words, expression and tension. There are things that can not be conveyed unless you meet and talk, and while thinking that parts other than those words are important, it has been in the past that true intentions are not transmitted. Especially since I often met people who met for the first time in the field, I came to think that I had to communicate more accurately in words. What I take care of in it is difficult after all, but it is balance. With compassion and honesty…。 Even if you don't intend to hurt if you don't get balanced, I think there are many things that really hurt. I try to be careful and have conversations.”

■ Items worn by Shuntaro Taka
TOPS ¥30,800
PANTS ¥44,000
3F／Ground Y ＜check it＞

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