Yohji Yamamoto Peter Saville - ‘Game Over’ – A/W 1991-92
Yohji Yamamoto and Peter Saville are arguably two of today's most important artists. Peter Saville's work with New Order, Raf Simons, and Joy Divisions is instantly recognizable and I wont bother mention Yohji's relevance. The two have collaborated over the years, with the first collaboration coming in the form of a catalog for Yohji's highly coveted "6.1" AW91 collection.
After parting ways with his previous art director Marc Ascoli, Yohji contacted Saville directly to devise a campaign, asking him to do a "series of communications without models, without clothes. Just look at the collection and make an abstract response to his work.'" Sharing a nihilistic point of view due to the early 90's recession, the album cover artist took stock images that you might see in an ad, juxtaposed with caustic slogans like 'A Guide to Never-Never Land,' and 'This Was Tomorrow.'
While Yohji liked Saville's approach, his distributors were horrified by its abstract campaign. The two would later go on to do another season in SS92 (thus, the title), which actually used the clothes, but styled as they would in real life. This second catalog featured models playing basketball, shopping, walking around, etc. This second collection is featured in the latter parts of the book.
Condition: 7/10 a bit beat up by the previous owner, but honestly barely noticeable for the most part due to the big scale of some pictures.
Yohji Yamamoto and Peter Saville are arguably two of today's most important artists. Peter Saville's work with New Order, Raf Simons, and Joy Divisions is instantly recognizable and I wont bother mention Yohji's relevance. The two have collaborated over the years, with the first collaboration coming in the form of a catalog for Yohji's highly coveted "6.1" AW91 collection.
After parting ways with his previous art director Marc Ascoli, Yohji contacted Saville directly to devise a campaign, asking him to do a "series of communications without models, without clothes. Just look at the collection and make an abstract response to his work.'" Sharing a nihilistic point of view due to the early 90's recession, the album cover artist took stock images that you might see in an ad, juxtaposed with caustic slogans like 'A Guide to Never-Never Land,' and 'This Was Tomorrow.'
While Yohji liked Saville's approach, his distributors were horrified by its abstract campaign. The two would later go on to do another season in SS92 (thus, the title), which actually used the clothes, but styled as they would in real life. This second catalog featured models playing basketball, shopping, walking around, etc. This second collection is featured in the latter parts of the book.
Condition: 7/10 a bit beat up by the previous owner, but honestly barely noticeable for the most part due to the big scale of some pictures.