tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082288478805549840.post1518386486093010507..comments2024-03-13T19:15:12.748+00:00Comments on Aesthetica Magazine Blog: Yohji Yamamoto @ the V&A, LondonAestheticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07945422088315381846noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082288478805549840.post-26843029408557103792011-06-27T10:22:02.642+01:002011-06-27T10:22:02.642+01:00Yesterday afternoon's (26.05.2011) Talk with J...Yesterday afternoon's (26.05.2011) Talk with Johji Yamamoto at the V&A, was as always with 'The Sensai) uplifting, illuminating,humorous and richly ironic (in the 'Japanese Manner')) Johji is a man with much to say worth listening to. The Talk however was almost spoiled by the utter banality of the intervier Frances Corner of the London College of Fashion. She obviously did not 'get' Johji at all, but i am equally sure she think's she does! Johji's comments that he actually hated fashion and trends, that 'studying fashion' at college was a waste of time and degrees meaningless, and that he never employed people with these backgrounds, obviously needled and phased her totaly. equally a member of the audience commenting that places like the LCF etc were a complete waste of time and money, found her tight lipped and barely able to control her anger.<br />Had the excelent and enlightened Wendy Dagworthy from the RCA been 'in the chair' she would have known exactly the questions to ask and would have understood Johji completely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com