To level accolades upon Yohji is like, as Leonard Cohen once said about Bob Dylan, “pinning a metal on Mount Everest.” He claims himself to not be an artist, he says fashion has never been an art, yet to deny the artistic quality of his work would be to deny what our eyes can plainly observe. Like an impressionist painter, he exhumes the depth of relatively simple garments (dirty clothes, the Japanese press branded his early work), taking a form and rendering its function secondary to the emotion he choses to evoke. He refuses to do all the work for you, where a passerby sees a wrinkled coat and oversized, strangely buttoned shirt, a man willing to consider the rorschach presented to him may see anything from romanticism to suffering. This foundational concession — that there is no answer to what precisely you’re looking at — has rendered Yohji a favorite of artists and thinkers across the world.

This mock-neck sweater features a silhouette graphic of a faucet, and is designed with a relaxed, classic cut. The faucet graphic was later revisited for Yohji's fall 2009 mainline collection for a series of tops and knits showing household items like toothpaste, candles and faucets.

Condition: 8/10. Slight mark on front side to the left of the faucet.

Tagged size: No tagged size, fits M. See measurements for reference. 

Shoulder: 21in

Pit to pit: 23.5in

Length: 26in

Sleeve: 23in