PAUL BOUDENS for YOHJI YAMAMOTO
Tension is a continual presence in the work and practice of Paul Boudens. He instinctively fuses incompatible materials and ideas into cohesive examples of communication: complex and simple, rough and smooth, radical and conventional. Because he is not distracted by passing trends, these continue to look as fresh as the moment they were created. It is clear that Boudens executes precise control over the balance between contemporary and classic.
Such skills are highly valued in the fashion industry and it comes as no surprise that in 2003 Boudens attracted the attention of Yohji Yamamoto. Fascinated equally by balance and contrast, Yamamoto embraces the flawed, yet expresses such refined complexity in his silhouettes ...
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