Behind YOMI
‘’IT STARTS WITH THE FIRST WOMEN, THESE FIRST MOMENTS OF CONSCIOUS OBSERVATION AND CAPTIVATION... ”
YOMI Universe
2023
YOMI approaches nostalgic and nonchalant elegance through its silhouettes, colours and details. Echoing a bygone era aesthetic through a modern-looking glass, transcending seasons and time, aimed to be cherished for life.
The epicentre of each finished garment is the buttons - the enamelled, gold or glass pearl adornments that accentuate and define the blazer outline. Influenced by Fanny’s grandmother’s earrings, each button design has its own unique identity tying it back to those early memories.
"The rhythm of the first beats of YOMI was more emotional, intuitive, senseful, more abstract than considered and studied. It definitely has something to do with the first women I encountered in my life. These first moments of conscious observation and captivation for their eye, their posture, and ultimately, the way they stand in this world. And this unanswered question: how does she know? This thing you can’t really name or explain, le “mystère féminin”. Yomi has grown from that, from the will to say this."
YOMI approaches nostalgic and nonchalant elegance through its silhouettes, colours and details. Echoing a bygone era aesthetic through a modern-looking glass, transcending seasons and time, aimed to be cherished for life.
The epicentre of each finished garment is the buttons - the enamelled, gold or glass pearl adornments that accentuate and define the blazer outline. Influenced by Fanny’s grandmother’s earrings, each button design has its own unique identity tying it back to those early memories.
"The rhythm of the first beats of YOMI was more emotional, intuitive, senseful, more abstract than considered and studied. It definitely has something to do with the first women I encountered in my life. These first moments of conscious observation and captivation for their eye, their posture, and ultimately, the way they stand in this world. And this unanswered question: how does she know? This thing you can’t really name or explain, le “mystère féminin”. Yomi has grown from that, from the will to say this."
YOMI’s roots are in Brussels, Belgium, where I come from, and where the first ideas, words and designs were put together. Where its “gestational phase” took place I could say, alone at first, then with one designer for months, until we slowly moved to London with my Dimitri. We built the teams there, his and mine. We share an office in Shoreditch, it is warm, it is alive, we like it. We started working with Porto, Portugal, at first but quickly extended our research for mills, suppliers and manufacturers to the rest of Europe, essentially the north of Italy and Bucharest, Romania. We want to work with partners that are close to us, Our first blazer collection “Now that nobody is watching” will be responsibly produced in Bucharest, where we found an excellent tailoring supplier.
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YOMI’s roots are in Brussels, Belgium, where I come from, and where the first ideas, words and designs were put together. Where its “gestational phase” took place I could say, alone at first, then with one designer for months, until we slowly moved to London with my Dimitri. We built the teams there, his and mine. We share an office in Shoreditch, it is warm, it is alive, we like it. We started working with Porto, Portugal, at first but quickly extended our research for mills, suppliers and manufacturers to the rest of Europe, essentially the north of Italy and Bucharest, Romania. We want to work with partners that are close to us, Our first blazer collection “Now that nobody is watching” will be responsibly produced in Bucharest, where we found an excellent tailoring supplier.
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