Five decades into his career, Yohji Yamamoto still isn’t interested in looking back. In our cover story from Hypebeast Magazine Issue #38, the designer sit for a rare interview about the work ethic that keeps him going, the challenges the next generation of designers will face, and how he still starts every collection from zero.
With “Piss in the Wind,” Joji builds a 21-track world that keeps the spotlight on the songs and off the man behind them.
For more than a decade, Amsterdam-based designer Camiel Fortgens has built “perfectly imperfect” garments that embrace irregularity, visible handwork, and controlled idiosyncrasy.
The trash-talking, horned-up world of Aurel Schmidt is as interesting as her inimitable illustration practice. After almost two decades of success outside the institutional gallery system, she’s still got more to say.
Writer
Nathan Taylor PembertonPhotographer
Darren Vargas