Renowned Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto dead at 76

RIP Kansai Yamamoto.

I met him years ago in a Japanese restaurant in Florence (as one does).

He left us with a hearty 'Gokigenyo!'

I'll savour that again.

A girlfriend gave me an orange tie with the Kansai Yamamoto brand in 1988. I basically wore it out, as it used to draw compliments. I just searched my wardrobe but it's no longer there.

My deepest condolences.

Those few paragraphs about his childhood... what a sad image of a lonely child sitting in a darkening world he paints with just a few words.

A sad loss for his family, and I wish them well. Fly straight, Mr Yamamoto.