Footage of the Spring / Summer 1982 collection, re-shown at the Den-en Colisum in Tokyo a month after its initial presentation in Paris.
The Western response to this show had been heavily polarized — but in Japan, Yohji had already been a key leader in the industry for some years. This homecoming show drew a massive crowd and was met with celebratory fanfare as can be seen in the finale.
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photo ∙ bunka publishing bureau video ∙ y's c/o corporate priestess models ∙ toko, sharon, lisabeth garber, christa kalb, terry long, anne rohart, edwige, carol michelson, deborah howard, suzanne cseh, begonia, aria, vivian infantino, geneva, koko, renee gunter, jeanne, cynthia, martine, nancy clark, vanessa downing, mari azuma, lise manon, alohaloni, willa, hiroko hayashi, beverley, june murphy, daniele, lorraine haensel, maya hayashi, kriss ziemer, monique, jane massey, maari askew, yuki sada, hidemi horiuchi, elsa, junko tajima, eda miyama
When an outdoor show was held at the Denen Coliseum, a tennis stadium in Tokyo on the evening of Nov. 13, 1981, I was astonished at the size of the crowd.
"No way!" I said to myself. "This must be a joke."
The event, a show that was originally held in Paris and brought to Tokyo as it was, attracted, to my surprise, about 8,000 visitors. A very long line of people that started at the venue reached the nearest train station.
"Wow, this is incredible! I can't believe you could attract such a huge crowd with a fashion event," theater director Yukio Ninagawa, who bothered to come to see the show, said with a serious face.
