Rei kawakubo

In this rare manifesto designer Rei Kawakubo of Commes des Garcons reveals some of the paths she follows to find absolutely NEW paths, her rigorous challenge to herself.

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Japanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo, founder and head of Comme des Garcons brand, receives 6th annual Isamu Noguchi Award in New York

Marking: (a) [label] “COMME des GARÇONS”; (b) [printed on sole] “COMME des GARÇONS/ MADE IN JAPAN”; (d, e) [label] “NIKE/ FLYKNIT RACER”; [printed on insole] “RACING/ROAD”

Audio from Items: Is Fashion Modern?. Hear from a range of designers, makers, historians, and others working with clothing every day—and, in some cases, reinventing it for the future.

The art of only the second living designer to be the focus of a solo show at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art

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A designer who’s done a handful of interviews in 50 years, Kawakubo makes clear she doesn't care to talk about her work, let alone interpret it.Therefore, working with Bolton toward his interpretation was a challenge..“It’s a Met show for Comme des Garçons, not a Comme des Garçons show at the Met."

Oxford fashion critic Mahoro Seward, on Rei Kawakubo's 'hiroshima chic' and the importance of literature in understanding avant-garde fashion.