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In a different light – Yamamoto at the V&A

One enters into a large single room, aggressively lit from above, and is left without clues on what do next. The Yohji Yamamoto exhibition at the V&A replicates the setting of a Tokyo boutique, which in terms seems to replicate the backstage area of a fashion event. This is a party for the connoisseur, it will leave gatecrashers exposed, so fake it! One is compelled to mingle and admire, look at ease while constantly on display - a strange world at best. About half the bodies in the room are wonderfully gracious mannequins, mounted on a single pole …