When Kansai Yamamoto was a young ... and snagged costume design contracts with David Bowie and other megastars. Surprisingly, his childhood years were dismal. After his parents divorced ...

David Bowie is photographed ... who taught Bowie how to apply kabuki makeup. Bowie wore a “shortie kimono” with matching silky boots, his makeup was onnagata-inspired, and his celebrated hairstyle, as ...

World-renowned fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, who famously dressed David Bowie as "Ziggy Stardust," died on July 21 after battling acute myelocytic leukemia. He was 76. Yamamoto’s daughter ...