Life is all about the mix.
It’s about venturing out on familiar paths to new and unfound places.
It’s taking one’s history on a journey of further exploration.
It’s about seeing the traditional in an untraditional way.
Take, for some wonderful examples, these pieces from the Y’s collection from Yohji Yamamoto.
Borrowed from tartan tradition – one that includes Scots and punks, alike – and layered with military memory, they echo a past we recognize.
What’s gone, however, is the bleeding edge of military, and the in-your-face, face-off of the striking tartan colour contrast. It’s softened with a smudged, black print that adds a poetic verse to the clothes.
It isn’t heavy, as it is serene.
Life is all about the layers, after all.
So Y’s.
All are available at the Conduit Street Yohji store in London.
Images courtesy of Yohji Yamamoto.
