Yamamoto Teruji: Fashion Is Not An Art

After saying this very shocking speech, he added, "I even think that nothing is art today.

In terms of painting, no one came from Picasso after that. I could only say Mozart and some of his previous music could be called art.

Oh, no! There are also rock bands in 60s and 70s, beetles, rolling stones and blues in the southern part of the United States. That's also art. "

Then Yamamoto Teruji closed his eyes and sat on the chair and began to beat his racket and shake his body. He looked happy as if he had just bought a new record.

"As for fashion, it is a prop to help people distinguish themselves from each other and define themselves.

A little more, fashion has its own character and can communicate with people in a silent way, but it is far less complicated than art. "

"Then you don't believe in the promotion of e-commerce to the fashion industry and do not like to use new platforms such as Line, Facebook and new media?" I asked.

Yamamoto Teruji made a gesture of surrender and shook his head with a smile. "I hardly need it. In this respect, I am completely an outsider."

He said, "how could you decide to buy it without seeing it, touching it or trying it out? All good clothes have extremely complex structures and sophisticated tailoring.

I want my customers to come to my store every year to see and touch them. I want them to know what texture I have used for this season and what more intimate or breathable structures I have made. This is the dialogue between fashion and people, not by me.

"So you still reject the mainstream?"

"In business, yes.

Like the business that I started from France more than thirty years ago, I always walk on the bumpy but beautiful path.

This is my character, and also the brand of Yamamoto Teruji.

"

I asked a little maliciously: "how did you look at those friends who went with you from Japan to France and then to the world?"

"They are slowly leaving, I am a little lonely."

The conversation entered a brief silence.

"I will die without anything."

We naturally talked about life and death. As an old man who is over seventy years old, this is a topic that he thought a lot and talked very naturally.

"All of us are born in the world. We don't wear clothes, no watches, no contracts, and come out of mom's belly.

So why do we have to leave the world with these things? "He said.

"I think it is useless for people to choose to be pressed down by a house or tied up by property.

If they are young, they will be even worse. They will learn to compromise and compromise until they lose everything else from the very beginning.

Listen to him about "house".

Especially sensitive keywords, I can not help but gossip: "then your name does not have any real estate or other assets?"

"My name does not have any real estate or large assets.

Over the years, I have only bought two houses, one for my old mother, one for my children, and they are my responsibility. "

Yamamoto Teruji's reply was calm and not a bit like the imagination of some people in the country who claimed "no assets in name".

"Besides, as we all know, I still do this: even if there is no order, I will insist on making ready-made garments and making them every year.

If no one buys, the loss is all my own. "

71 years old

I am living a relaxing life: getting up in the morning and walking the dog on the road, cherry blossoms along the way, and red leaves in autumn.

Then, he practiced karate in the park for a while, then went home to change clothes and changed clothes, and went to the studio, tailoring, matching, conceiving, and making efforts to do it.

"I will not let myself be embarrassed, but I will not ask for more, do what I like, accompany my family, and live healthy."

I consciously looked back at my partner and made a documentary director for this interview.

He is the director of CCTV documentary such as "Nanyang" and "I am waiting for you at the seaside". This is a cultural youth who is full of literary history and does not like to be stained with fashion. The only designer who worships and will buy his fashion is Yamamoto Teruji.

Yamamoto Teruji's face was clearly unaware of his joy and admiration for his words just now.

Yamamoto Teruji asked the last question: "do you think you are a designer or a spiritual icon in the hearts of your fans?"

He smiled and answered, "no matter what my design, my character, my life, or my spiritual belief, it can give you any help. It's my pleasure."