Yohji Yamamoto Pour Homme AW12 Leather Buckle Boots
A natural-born feminist, Yohji Yamamoto, was raised exclusively by his widowed mother, Yumi. Yohji had never met his father, having passed away in combat in World War II. Growing up as the son of a dressmaker, Yamamoto noticed subtle injustices in the industry and various disadvantages that gender played on the success of his mother’s craft. After attending law school at his mother’s request, he realized that his passion was deeply embedded in design. He attended the Bunka Fashion College from 1966 -1970 and began his entry-level line of basics, entitled “Y’s,” in 1972. Later in his career he teamed up with Rei Kawakubo in a collaborative effort of deconstructed deigns. He presented his first womenswear collection with her in 1981 in the fashion capital of Paris, France. From the very beginning, Yohji wanted to make mens clothes for women. In an interview in 2011, Yamamoto stated, “I jumped on the idea of of designing coats for women. It meant something to me - the idea of a coat guarding or hiding a woman’s body. I wanted to protect the woman’s body from something - maybe from men’s eyes or a cold wind.”
This pair of black leather boots takes a similar shape of a standard engineer boot. However, two buckles are displaced around the calf as opposed to the more traditional buckle configuration around the ankle and at the top near the opening. This footwear is debuted in plenty of looks in Yamamoto’s Autumn Winter 2012 runway show and helps to compliment the industrial dystopian clothing that is present and has been captured more frequently in Yohji’s collections following the early 2000’s. A double layered protective toe and heel is stitched in place, atop a classic vibram lug sole. The traction of this shoe is in mint condition along with the rest of the footwear piece. The addition of a inner-side zipper allows for the boots to be put on, and taken off with ease.
Marked size 4, fits a size 9.5 (please refer to measurements):
Length: 3m
Heel: 30cm
Condition: 9/10
A natural-born feminist, Yohji Yamamoto, was raised exclusively by his widowed mother, Yumi. Yohji had never met his father, having passed away in combat in World War II. Growing up as the son of a dressmaker, Yamamoto noticed subtle injustices in the industry and various disadvantages that gender played on the success of his mother’s craft. After attending law school at his mother’s request, he realized that his passion was deeply embedded in design. He attended the Bunka Fashion College from 1966 -1970 and began his entry-level line of basics, entitled “Y’s,” in 1972. Later in his career he teamed up with Rei Kawakubo in a collaborative effort of deconstructed deigns. He presented his first womenswear collection with her in 1981 in the fashion capital of Paris, France. From the very beginning, Yohji wanted to make mens clothes for women. In an interview in 2011, Yamamoto stated, “I jumped on the idea of of designing coats for women. It meant something to me - the idea of a coat guarding or hiding a woman’s body. I wanted to protect the woman’s body from something - maybe from men’s eyes or a cold wind.”
This pair of black leather boots takes a similar shape of a standard engineer boot. However, two buckles are displaced around the calf as opposed to the more traditional buckle configuration around the ankle and at the top near the opening. This footwear is debuted in plenty of looks in Yamamoto’s Autumn Winter 2012 runway show and helps to compliment the industrial dystopian clothing that is present and has been captured more frequently in Yohji’s collections following the early 2000’s. A double layered protective toe and heel is stitched in place, atop a classic vibram lug sole. The traction of this shoe is in mint condition along with the rest of the footwear piece. The addition of a inner-side zipper allows for the boots to be put on, and taken off with ease.
Marked size 4, fits a size 9.5 (please refer to measurements):
Length: 3m
Heel: 30cm
Condition: 9/10
A natural-born feminist, Yohji Yamamoto, was raised exclusively by his widowed mother, Yumi. Yohji had never met his father, having passed away in combat in World War II. Growing up as the son of a dressmaker, Yamamoto noticed subtle injustices in the industry and various disadvantages that gender played on the success of his mother’s craft. After attending law school at his mother’s request, he realized that his passion was deeply embedded in design. He attended the Bunka Fashion College from 1966 -1970 and began his entry-level line of basics, entitled “Y’s,” in 1972. Later in his career he teamed up with Rei Kawakubo in a collaborative effort of deconstructed deigns. He presented his first womenswear collection with her in 1981 in the fashion capital of Paris, France. From the very beginning, Yohji wanted to make mens clothes for women. In an interview in 2011, Yamamoto stated, “I jumped on the idea of of designing coats for women. It meant something to me - the idea of a coat guarding or hiding a woman’s body. I wanted to protect the woman’s body from something - maybe from men’s eyes or a cold wind.”
This pair of black leather boots takes a similar shape of a standard engineer boot. However, two buckles are displaced around the calf as opposed to the more traditional buckle configuration around the ankle and at the top near the opening. This footwear is debuted in plenty of looks in Yamamoto’s Autumn Winter 2012 runway show and helps to compliment the industrial dystopian clothing that is present and has been captured more frequently in Yohji’s collections following the early 2000’s. A double layered protective toe and heel is stitched in place, atop a classic vibram lug sole. The traction of this shoe is in mint condition along with the rest of the footwear piece. The addition of a inner-side zipper allows for the boots to be put on, and taken off with ease.
Marked size 4, fits a size 9.5 (please refer to measurements):
Length: 3m
Heel: 30cm
Condition: 9/10