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<strong>The</strong>se designers, especially Kawakubo and Yamamoto who had each<br />

first shown in Paris in 1981, were also inspirational to Vivienne Westwood.<br />

Claims Claire Wilcox, “their impact was being felt in Western fashion,<br />

despite [an]… initial hostility to their asymmetrical forms, sombre colours<br />

and flat shoes. Westwood’s unfitted look… was in sympathy with the<br />

Japanese aesthetic”. 31<br />

In turn, Westwood has ever since been hugely successful in Japan. This<br />

was signified in the inclusion of Tokyo as a site for her 30-year retrospective<br />

exhibition (2004 – 2007). It is also measured by the fact that she not only<br />

continues to sell her higher-end collections in that country but that she is<br />

still popular with and creates fashions for Japanese street and subcultural<br />

groups. As noted previously, one of her markets is G&L (Fig. 5).<br />

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