YAMAMOTO, Yohji. My Dear Bomb.

(Tokyo): Iwanami Shoten, 2011.  First edition.  Softcover. 22cm by 15cm. 204 pages.  Japanese text. Co-authored with Ai Mitsuda the volume is a carefully and beautifully written autobiography (with biographical interpolations by friends and collaborators) seamlessly combines extended meditations on clothing and life mixed with Yamamoto’s memories and anecdotes.  An open-hearted meditation that offers a take on the autobiography form as imaginative as the designer’s fashion wear.  Illustrated with drawings by Yamamoto.  A near fine copy.