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Nick Knight, Yohji Yamamato catalogue, A/W 1988-9

all the attention being paid to Yohji Yamamoto at the V&A makes me devastated that I wont be in London to see it. I might not covet his clothes for myself, but he is one of the few designers, like Maison Martin Margiela, whom I have the utmost respect for. Flicking back, this Nick Knight image is entirely seductive. The curators behind the scenes at the V&A have produced this fascinating blog about how the whole thing came together, an absolute must-read. I'm intrigued about how the 'interventions' in the other galleries will turn out. In my short-lived dream of working at an art institution, this is probably what I would have seen myself doing.

"I know. It's just fabric. But it speaks to us like a world. If it were a desert, and you a traveller, you would talk about its winds, its stars, its sun. You probably will."

- Yohji Yamamoto