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Yohji Yamamoto (山本 耀司, Yamamoto Yōji; born 3 October 1943) is a Japanese fashion designer based in Tokyo and Paris. He is considered a master tailor, alongside those such as Madeleine Vionnet, and is best known for his avant-garde tailoring featuring Japanese design aesthetics. Yamamoto has won notable awards for his contributions to fashion, including the Chevalier/Officier/Commandeur of Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon, the Ordre national du Mérite, the Royal Designer for Industry and the Master of Design award by Fashion Group International.

== Early life and education == Yohji Yamamoto was born on 3 October 1943 in Tokyo as the eldest son of his father, Fumio Yamamoto, who ran a company that sold prepared foods to department stores in Kabukicho, and his mother, Fumi Yamamoto, who helped with accounting and administrative work. After his father was killed in the Battle of Luzon in the Philippines during the Asia-Pacific War in World War II when Yohji was two, his mother Fumi, who ran a custom-made clothing store (Fumi Clothing Store) in Kabukicho. (His maternal grandmother was also a graduate of Bunka Fashion College). In 1966, at age 23, Yamamoto...

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• Name: Yohji Yamamoto
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