Kansai Yamamoto, who died earlier this month, created some of Ziggy Stardust’s most memorable looks. By Rachel Tashjian. July 27, 2020. Kansai Yamamoto in London, May 28, 1971.

Kansai Yamamoto attending a David Bowie exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum on March 20, 2013 in London, England. Scroll through the gallery for photos of the Japanese fashion designer.

Kansai Yamamoto, the exuberant Japanese designer, died on July 21, 2020, of acute myeloid leukemia. He was 76. Yamamoto was born in Yokohama, in 1944, a year before his city was firebombed in the war.

Kansai Yamamoto, the unapologetically flamboyant fashion designer whose love of color, unfettered imagination and exploration of genderless dressing caught the eye of David Bowie and helped define ...

RIP Kansai Yamamoto – It is with much sorrow that we report the death of Japanese designer, @kansai_yamamoto, who passed away on 21st July, aged 76.Our thoughts and sympathies go out to his ...

TOKYO — Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, known for his avant-garde and colorful work that included flamboyant costumes of the late rock icon David Bowie, has died of leukemia, his ...

Kansai Yamamoto became well-known in the 1970s for designing eccentric ensembles for David Bowie. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, known for his avant-garde and colorful work that included flamboyant costumes of the late rock icon David Bowie, has died of leukemia, his ...

Kansai Yamamoto, the Japanese fashion icon who designed costumes for David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane tours, died last week in Japan after a battle with leukemia.

Kansai Yamamoto attending a David Bowie exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum on March 20, 2013 in London, England. Scroll through the gallery for photos of the Japanese fashion designer.