This vintage Yohji Yamamoto Fall 2001 tuxedo inspired jacket has an asymmetrical cut and long "tails" in the back. This jacket was featured on the Yohji Yamamoto runway among a collection of gorgeous jackets and coats that are highly sought after toay! This jacket has a branded safety pin closure in front and is made in a lightweight black wool suiting fabric.

Yamamoto's superb tailoring skills, even in his deconstructed jackets are always a cornerstone of his pieces. His unique craftsmanship allows for fluidity in movement and unmatched sophistication while embracing the avant garde spirit.

Condition: Excellent condition - there is an additional small pin hole near the safety pin where it was pinned in another place.

Yohji Yamamoto graduated from college with a law degree, but instead of pursuing the law, he decided to spend time in his mother's tailoring business to learn how to sew. He then went on to study fashion design at the prestigious Bunka fashion college, whose alumni includes Kenzo Takada, Junya Watanabe, Jun Takahashi and Tsumori Chisato. Yamamoto's first collection was presented in Tokyo in 1977 , and in 1981, he presented his first Paris collection.

In Japanese, the space between the body and the garment is called ma and Yohji Yamamoto understood the importance of the movement created by that space in garments. “It’s about how to put air between cloth and body,” YY.

Yamamoto pieces are androgenous by design yet somehow take on the femininity or masculinity of the person who wears them. Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons, who dated for several years, re-defined fashion and literally shook the fashion establishment when they sent their mostly black, "anti fashion" pieces down the runway in Paris. The two never collaborated, in fact, they mostly competed, but their unique perspectives are now still appreciated by fashion lovers of all ages around the world.

"I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion."

Yohji Yamamoto