Yohji Yamamoto 2008SS Suit A white semi-sheer maxi skirt

A white semi-sheer maxi skirt built from overlapping layers of different transparencies

and menswear tailoring codes carried into the cut

A Spring/Summer 2011 top from Ann Demeulemeester

when garment-then-pleat technique was present several years before the standalone Pleats Please brand was established in 1993

It is recognised for pattern-cutting as concept — sculptural volume

Yohji Yamamoto 2008SS Suit A white semi-sheer maxi skirtA suit from Yohji Yamamoto's Spring Summer 2008 collection. Yamamoto has designed the house himself since founding it, and this season sits within its continued maturity in the 2000s. The house's tailoring draws on workwear derived materials such as wool gabardine and heavy cottons.