Rei kawakubo comme des garcons

Ahead of Monday's Met Gala honoring the fashion house's designer, Rei Kawakubo.

“The Art of In-Between” is the first exhibition the Met has presented on a living designer since the Yves Saint Laurent show in 1983.

A Look Back At Comme Des Garcons On The Runway Over The Years:

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.

“There is never repetition,” says photographer Paolo Roversi of Rei Kawakubo’s work. Here he talks about their initial meeting, 34 years ago, and what her works means to him.

El Costume Institute del Metropolitan Museum of Art en Nueva York rinde tributo a la creadora de Comme des Garçons y el resultado es poderoso, artístico y emotivo.

imposters! who do they think they are? rei kawakubo and yohji yamamoto for『PAPER』magazine, september 2008

A Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons white polyester ensemble with padded 'hands', Autumn-Winter, 2007, printed ribbon labe

“I think camp can express something deeper and can give birth to progress.”