Yohji Yamamoto from Japan

Which Yohji Yamamoto lines exist, and how are they listed in Japan?

Yohji Yamamoto is a family of lines under one designer, and Japanese sellers list by line name because the lines differ in price, cut and tag. The main women's collection is Yohji Yamamoto, the menswear is Yohji Yamamoto POUR HOMME, Y's is the older and more accessible line that dates from 1972, Y-3 is the adidas collaboration running since 2003, and Ground Y, S'YTE, Regulation and WILDSIDE are the newer lines. The archive from the 1980s onward is sold in Japan by season, because Japanese collectors kept it. Stores and the brand's online shop deliver inside Japan only; OneMall supplies the Japanese address and yen payment and forwards from our Japan warehouse.

What size is a Yohji Yamamoto "2" or "3"?

A brand-specific numeric size, not a chest or waist measurement, and the cut is oversized and draped by design, so the number tells you less than the 実寸 measurements Japanese sellers list in centimetres. POUR HOMME and the main line use numbers such as 2, 3 and 4; Y's uses 1, 2 and 3. Compare body length, chest and sleeve against a garment you own and expect the fit to be long and loose; for trousers, the waist and inseam in centimetres decide.

• サイズ 3 — brand numeric size; rely on 実寸
• 着丈 / 身幅 / 肩幅 / 袖丈 — body length, chest, shoulder, sleeve in cm
• ウエスト / 股下 / わたり — waist, inseam, thigh on trousers
• ドロップショルダー — dropped shoulder, common on the cut

Why do Japanese listings give a season code for Yohji Yamamoto?

Because the archive is collected by season, and the code on the tag is how sellers and buyers identify a piece. A listing states the line and the season as 97AW or 03SS, sometimes with the collection's nickname, and asks a different price for a well-known season than for an anonymous one. The tag also names the fabric, and ウールギャバジン (wool gabardine) is the fabric Yohji Yamamoto is most associated with, so it appears in titles as ギャバ.

• 97AW / 03SS — season code: year + autumn-winter or spring-summer
• アーカイブ / 初期 — archive / early era
• ウールギャバジン / ギャバ — wool gabardine
• 黒 / ブラック — black, the brand's default
• ドレープ / 変形 — draped / irregular cut
• 山本耀司 — the designer's name in kanji, occasionally in titles

Where is Yohji Yamamoto sold secondhand in Japan?

Yahoo Auctions for the archive, Mercari and Rakuma for recent seasons and Y-3, and 2nd STREET and ZOZOTOWN's used section for shop-graded pieces. Current season is at the brand's Japanese stores and online shop and at select shops, all domestic-only; a product page can be pasted as a link and ordered through OneMall.

How should I read condition notes on a used Yohji Yamamoto piece?

By location and type, which is how Japanese sellers write them. Black wool shows 毛玉 (pilling), 白化 (whitening at seams and edges) and 色褪せ (fading), and long coats show hem wear; sellers name the spot. Provenance wording is the seller's statement: OneMall is a proxy buying service, not the seller, and does not guarantee authenticity, so decide on the tag and detail photos.

• 毛玉 / 白化 / 色褪せ — pilling / whitening / fading
• 裾スレ — hem wear
• ほつれ / 穴 — fraying / holes, with location
• 着用感あり — visible wear
• タグ付き / 未使用 — tags attached / unused
• 国内正規 — domestic channel, as stated by the seller

What does it cost to buy Yohji Yamamoto from Japan through a proxy?

Two payments: at order time, the yen price plus OneMall's service fee, shown before you confirm, plus the seller's domestic shipping where charged; after the item reaches our Japan warehouse, the international shipping for the method you choose. Yohji Yamamoto garments are long and made of heavy wool, so a coat is one of the heavier single items you can ship from Japan, while shirts and Y-3 pieces are light. Consolidating several purchases into one parcel lowers the per-item cost. Import duty, if your country charges it, is collected on delivery.

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