1970s-1990s The Japanese Avant-garde

[travolta]

your welcome. sorry for the shoddy quality in the first article, but i figured it was still worth to post

 

[tott]

Thanks to all contributors in this great thread! What a trip down memory lane... The Japanese really did cause quite a stir when they started showing in Paris, I remember... I bought my first CdG shirt in 1987, and I actually kept it until last summer when it really started to fall apart. Love the quality! I have a shirt that is actually made in Japan; it was a size S so I just bought it since it's what I usually wear. The first time I wore it, I discovered it was quite big. I don't know if the sizing differs, if a Japanese S actually isn't the same as a European S? Or maybe it was mislabelled?

There was this distressed CdG jacket on Yoox a couple of years ago which I didn't buy and I could kick myself for it!

 

[travolta]

http://www.firstview.com/alldesigne...jiYamamoto.html
http://www.firstview.com/alldesigne...desGarcons.html
http://www.firstview.com/detailslist/JunyaWatanabe.html
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some of the collections in the links are working.i was wondering if anyone had access to:

Yohji s/s 1996
Comme f/w 1996
Junya s/s 2003
and any collection that is early 80's-mid 90's thanks!

 

[travolta]

found this website w/ a bunch of pics..i'm surprised how modern they look..are the dates correct?

1980

1987

1989

1986

date unknown

Front

Back​

Description:
Black and black/white checked wool and polyester sleeveless jacket and skirt. A: The black and white checked permanently pleated sleeveless jacket has a center front zipper and black knit collar and waistband. Jacket is lined with a black quilted fabric. B: The black permanently pleated skirt has a wide black waistband and belt, side zipper, and a pleated black and white ruffle.



http://fashioncollection.colum.edu/item.php?id=2002.176ABC

 

[travolta]

yohji yamamoto

1983

1980-1989

1980-1989

1980-1989

1986

1980

unknown

 

[travolta]

issey miyake

1974

1979

1979-1980

1980

1980

1980

 

[travolta]

1981

1981

1982

1985

unknown

 

[travolta]

comme des garcons

1987

 

[nqth]

Ohhh, thanks so much travolta:-)

 

[travolta]

welcome ngth

 

[travolta]

the first images are comme des garcons

btw: annak, i thought you'd like these clothes!

 

[Estella*]

what an interesting site! thanks travolta!

 

[philip gentleman]

i had the pleasure of interviewing rei, yohji, and jun takahashi (via internal marketing directors) last summer for a publication for princeton university and i must say that there is a prevailing wind of modernity and timelessnes in their studios. it was something i sensed, and seeing these images from the early 1980's (many for the first time) affirms this. dare i say classic?!

 

[nqth]

Wow, can you post the publication please:-)
Many thanks!

 

[travolta]

philip gentleman, can you give use any more gems of insight?

 

[philip gentleman]

nqth - i cannot post the publication as it is now the property of the university. my apologies. it was a chapter in my dissertation regarding new marketing strategies based on cross-branding, anti-branding, and collectability.

 

[softgrey]

thanks so much for the great images of all those 'vintage' pieces travolta...
good lord!!..

how gorgeous are the two white ones in post #304?!!?...
timeless and classic indeed...

yes-phil...
could you share some of your insights and tell us what you learned along your way??...

 

[fab_fifties_fille]

Does anyone here know of books about the japanese avant garde/the design aesthetic of the japanese as a group rather than singular designers?
I'm aware there may be reference to some books throughout this thread, however it would take me a long time to get through all these pages. So if anyone reading knows of any off the top of their heads it would be of great help thanks

Thanks to everyone who contributes, I learn alot from these types of threads.

 

[nqth]

nqth - i cannot post the publication as it is now the property of the university. my apologies. it was a chapter in my dissertation regarding new marketing strategies based on cross-branding, anti-branding, and collectability.

I see:-)

Could you give your conclusions, unheard facts or anything that could let us know why it was so interesting you actually included it into your work. The dissertation must be good then. And it will has tFS's references:-)

Philip, is it possible that the university has link to the work in their website?:-)

 

[philip gentleman]

there are a ton of books on the japanese holy trinity and several on the lesser known heads, such as the WW monograph on jun takahashi / undercover. sadly for us westerners, most of the interesting books and magazines i came across during the dissertation research are in japanese. i found many in the idee bookshop in aoyama. the WW monograph is in english, but i don't know where to get it (got mine at idee).

i would start by hitting up cultish design bookshops - architecture bookshops (like form zero, henessy + ingalls, untitled) or japanese bookshops (like zakka, kinokuniya, mitsuwa) are a good start.