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Rei Kawakubo (川久保 玲, Kawakubo Rei) (born 11 October 1942) is a Japanese fashion designer based in Tokyo and Paris. She is the founder of Comme des Garçons and Dover Street Market.
May 18, 2021 · Rei Kawakubo’s words and clothes present the “authentic” power of creation, at a time when everything is opaque and all we can do is strive. This article originally ran in Vogue Japan ...
Rei Kawakubo (born October 11, 1942, Tokyo, Japan) is a self-taught Japanese fashion designer known for her avant-garde clothing designs and her high-fashion label, Comme des Garçons (CDG), founded in 1969. Kawakubo’s iconoclastic vision made her one of the most influential designers of the late 20th century.
Apr 28, 2017 · The Comme des Garçons designer Rei Kawakubo is one of fashion's most influential designers — a fact that is about to be cemented by an exhibition at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan ...
Sep 4, 2017 · Since founding Comme des Garçons ("like some boys") in 1969, the Tokyo-based designer Rei Kawakubo (born 1942) has consistently defined and redefined the aesthetics of our time. Season after...
May 19, 2021 · Vogue Japan’s editor-in-chief Mitsuko Watanabe sits down with Comme des Garçons’ Rei Kawakubo’s for her innermost thoughts in the midst of Covid-19.
May 1, 2017 · Rei Kawakubo is the first living designer given a solo show at The Met's Costume Institute since 1983. See her work up close in this 360 video. Thomas Ling, via The...
May 9, 2017 · Limiting interactions with the press and public—while at the same time producing very personal pieces—has been a hallmark of Rei Kawakubo’s entire career in fashion. “The best way to know ...
The Costume Institute's spring 2017 exhibition examines the work of fashion designer Rei Kawakubo, known for her avant-garde designs and ability to challenge conventional notions of beauty, good taste, and fashionability.
The label was started in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and established as a company in 1973. The brand's name was inspired by Françoise Hardy 's 1962 song " Tous les garçons et les filles ", particularly from the line " Comme les garçons et les filles de mon âge " ("like the boys and girls my age"). [7]
