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Fashion in Museums and Galleries,” 106)
39 Shimizu, “Japan in American Museums – But which Japan?” Art Bulletin, 126. The author
advocates exhibitions on contemporary Japanese art and scholarship focusing on Japan’s total
engagement with Euro-American art and theory.
40 Spindler, “Wenders’ ‘Notebook’ has Yohji Talking,” Designer File, 8.
41 For this helpful information I thank Deirdre Lawrence, chief librarian of the Brooklyn Museum
of Art.
42 Teresa Méndez, “Now in Fashion: Art Museums,” Christian Science Monitor, 2006.
http://www.csmonitor.com/.
43 Trebay, “Mr Yamamoto’s Blue period,” New York Times Magazine.
44 Trebay, “A New Gear for Modern Aristocrats,” The New York Times Magazine.
45 “Exposition Yohji Yamamoto: Toucher, essayer, SVP,” my translation, Bibliothèque Municipale
de Lyon. “Enfin, puisque jusqu’à présent le créateur refusait les expositions car elles ne
correspondaient pas à son principe du rapport au vêtement qu’il veut très direct et vivant” comme
l’explique, Nathalie Ours, coordinatrice des trois expositions.”