Fry's Ties by Stephen Fry

Author:Stephen Fry [Fry, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781405949071
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2021-10-14T00:00:00+00:00

I will be seriously impressed if you can guess the genius behind this jazzy number. It looks like a 1950s creation, or maybe even something from an earlier hepcat, zoot-suit age: the sort of tie that Cab Calloway might have worn when young. In fact it’s the work of a hugely admired designer for men and women who debuted in his home country in the late 70s and worldwide the following decade. He acquired a name for exceptionally well-wrought avant-garde boldness and a look that was as dramatic as it was uncompromising. Strictly for the fashionistas back then. I could no more wear his clothes than I could dance for the Royal Ballet.

Our anonymous (for the time being) hero has designed for operas and movies, had an exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum dedicated to him, and been enthusiastically collected and worn by such distinguished names as Elton John, Pina Bausch, Tina Turner and the great conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim. Mr X’s recent venture is an all-black watch for Hublot called the ‘Big Bang’, though at well north of 20,000 poundlingtons it might better have been called ‘Big Bucks’. All black is very much a signature look for this designer. So much so that he was a natural choice to design the New Zealand All Blacks’ jerseys for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

His name is … One more chance.

He is that Japanese master of line and form, the acknowledged poet of sharply tailored deconstruction – Yohji Yamamoto. His collaborations have been remarkable, with Adidas at one end and Hermès at the other. He even redesigned the classic Doc Marten boot. In the 2000s male and female models had worn the originals on his runway, so it seemed fitting for him to add his own flash of nonconformist style to that great British staple.

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