Black is beautiful: Tokyo's Yohji Yamamoto; left; designs 2;400 garments a year for his various line [Getty Images]

CANADA - APRIL 04: Black is beautiful: Tokyo's Yohji Yamamoto; left; designs 2;400 garments a year for his various lines; 90 per cent of them in black. I can't use cheery colors; he says. Above; one of Yamamoto's creations. (Photo by Keith Beaty/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

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