With all due respect to the great Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto, when we think of sexy collections, rarely do we jump to his label as a reference. For a majority of his expansive career, Yamamoto had championed a genderless fashion code of black, drape-y clothes that men and women could both wear, so not too sexy, more practical and artsy. But for SS19, and likely as a counter balance to all the genderless collections being made and touted, he showed a sexually charged collection on those seemingly same black, drape-y clothes but with stunning paintings of women in various states of pleasure and also flowers, a common symbol for virginity and purity in many cultures. It was a sight to see louder and evocative clothing from Yamamoto.

Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto's draped aesthetic lives on through his FW18 collection, this time showing off mixed media looks, whether it be "rust"-like sleeve or something more extravagant like a silvery sleeve. Meanwhile macabre drawings on shirts added an arty facet to the collection, as did a collaboration with Japanese artist Kazumi Kurigami.

Yohji Yamamoto's latest collection started with a strong showing of leather jackets in bright colors, a change from his more subdued black-on-black looks. The collection evolved from that hard, masculine aesthetic to softer, more traditional Yamamoto looks, complemented by visages of women and scrolls of writing attached to the clothes. The faces of the women grew from beautiful and pure to downright scary, resembling the woman who came out of the TV in The Ring.

Turn of the 20th century, during the Industrial Revolution, was a focus at Yohji Yamamoto's FW17 collection, bringing together his signature languid layers with a focus on workmanship, both in the clothes and men that wore them. Unlike a certain Italian label that celebrated 51 individuals whose only claim to fame or fortune or "talent" is being pretty and telling a joke in a 6 second video, Yamamoto's latest collection offered a celebration of hard work, seen in the luxurious velvet robes and deconstructed suits and in the work of men that built skyscrapers, bridges and infrastructures and advanced society.

Yohji Yamamoto's hyper-masculine men donned utilitarian layers in fluid silhouettes for his SS17 collection. The tough, harder elements of the show were softened by elegant and romantic brushstroke prints on coats and knits, symbiotically creating a delicately balanced collection.

The fears of children was a central theme to Yohji Yamamoto's latest collection. Amongst the sea of black-on-black looks were stenciled drawings of monsters and other animals, culminating a drawing of a monster yelling "Let me eat you", though the connotation could be taken sexually as well. As for the clothes themselves, they were mostly oversized, with layers upon layers piled on top on another. Unlike other designers, Yamomoto's excessive sizing and layering was meant to be ironic at the current state of affairs, in fashion and in the world. At 72 years old, the Japanese designer still has plenty to offer and continues to prove that with age comes wisdom and that is what so many younger designers lack: perspective.

Yohji Yamamoto's effortlessly chic Spring/Summer 2016 collection was much sportier and athletic-minded than previous iterations. The fluid and cropped designs were supplemented by stripes and squiggled drawings, as well as a handful of crinkled suits that seemed light and ready for movement. Though this isn't his collaborative collection with Adidas, it seemed like an upmarket version of Y-3, with a bit more fabric and artistic experimentation.

Bloodied and bruised models walked the runway as refugees today at Yohji Yamamoto's FW15 show. Though the designer called them nomads, they resembled the poor, unfortunate souls who have to leave their homes due to war and find a new home elsewhere. Their clothes? Unfinished and scraped together from whatever fabrics are nearby. That's the story. In reality, these high fashion clothes were made from high quality velvet, wool and leather and the result was quintessentially Yohji Yamamoto.

Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto took on a nomadic theme for his SS15 collection, complete with dusty haired models. The ultra-wide pants he's favored returned and were paired with oversized, draped layers, reinforcing the nomadic theme. Also seen were face masks, clearly to keep the dust that got in the model's hair away from the face, as well as patchwork on suits and shirts to resemble hand-me-down's that have been repurposed for this journey.

It was a verifiable smorgasbord of patterns and prints at Yohji Yamamoto's beautiful, albeit busy, Fall/Winter 2014 collection. Florals for winter has been something that's cropped up a few times this season and it was full force at Yamamoto, so were traditional wintry patterns like Fair Isle, seen on flowy suits or a traditional knit with camouflage pants. Speaking of camouflage, floral patterns were cut in a way this season that made them look like a camouflage pattern, a clever and fun idea! Yamomoto's aesthetics are unwavering and his cropped, voluminous and pattern-heavy collections hit all the marks this season.

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High-concept designer Yohji Yamamoto presented a Charlie Chaplin-esque collection in Paris, with his signature fast and loose tailoring. Yamamoto played with volume from billowing pants, sometimes cropped or capri-length, but also showing elongated jackets with "dusty" finishes that complemented the powdered faces and hair of the models that wore the collection. The Japanese designer also invoked a striking flash of neon color under slick and plastic-y overcoats.