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Article: FASHION SCOOPS: NOT SO FORBIDDEN... PHILO FACTS?... FIRST THINGS FIRST...
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- WWD
- Article date:
- March 21, 2008
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NOT SO FORBIDDEN: Yohji Yamamoto's fashion show in China next month could top even Fendi's on the Great Wall. The Japanese designer will show on April 24 in Beijing's Forbidden City, according to sources, which is certain to stir some controversy, given it's another example of China renting out its most important historic monuments. On top of that, China-Japan relations have been rocky for decades. But in an effort to defuse potential China-Japan tension over the event, Yamamoto is organizing the show in collaboration with the Chinese government and will use the occasion as a personal apology to the Chinese people for Japan's atrocities during its World War II invasion, ...