When she showed on the runway in paris for the first time, with a collection titled destroy, the fashion press was lost trying to make sense of it. I have a big collection of fashion books, mostly rizzoli and i have run a very. Refusing fashion harold koda, sylvia lavin, marsha miro, rei. In dance, the role of the costume designer is integral to the performance, and in working with a fashion designer, new aspects are brought forward to the production. Art of the inbetween is ending soon on september 4, 2017 at the metropolitan museum of art. She is the founder of comme des garcons and dover street market. While john waters was able to devote a whole chapter in his recent tome to the brilliance that is rei kawakubo, we get a little lost for words in her presence. Jul 25, 2017 on vacation in greece, and refusing to feel ancient. Mar 06, 2017 ahead of her costume institute exhibit, comme des garcons rei kawakubo challenges our idea of fashion. The show aims to explore the notion of inbetweenness in kawakubos oeuvre at comme des garconss high fashion womenswear enterprise. Rei kawakubo story bio, facts, net worth, family, auto.
See more ideas about rei kawakubo, fashion advertising and katsuhiro otomo. Scan her career and the punk spirit of diy defiance crops up over and over again. Thanks heavens, then, for this celebration of the history and art of all her work to help fill in the gaps. On vacation in greece, and refusing to feel ancient the. Rei kawakubo was born in tokyo in 1942 and launched the comme des garcons label in japan in 1969. Kawakubo has said what i do is not influenced by what has happened in fashion or culture. Published by museum of contemporary art, detroit, 2011. Judith thurman on rei kawakubo, the japanese avantgardist who changed womens fashion with her label, comme des garcons. The japanese provocateur behind comme des garcons and dover street market has developed a cultlike following throughout the years, emerging as a. Mar 03, 2017 a first look at the mets major comme des garcons exhibition.
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Daphne guinness gives an tour of her new york city apartment the new yorker duration. Mar 04, 2016 if fashion were a cultand who are we to say its notrei kawakubo would be its high priestess. So its a part of the essential paradox of comme des garcons that she has stuck so hard and fast to the rules of the fashion industry. One of the most influential figures in contemporary fashion design receives. This approach revealed the fluidity with which rei kawakubo moved in related artistic disciplines. On vacation in greece, and refusing to feel ancient. In addition to photographs of the exhibition, the book includes photos by timothy greenfieldsanders of kawakubos costume designs for merce cunningham. This is perhaps the most basic introduction that one can say for kawakubo because beyond her profession and the business she has established, she is perhaps the worlds foremost innovator in the impenetrable realm of avantgarde fashion design. The original avantgarde fashion designer, rei kawakubo is the head of japanese atelier comme des garcons and has been bending and breaking the rules.
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Aug 03, 2017 a conservators view of rei kawakubo comme des garcons. The japanese born designer created a universe that gave comfort to the wearer and discomfort to the beholder. In recognition of the notable design contributions of kawakubo, an exhibition of her designs entitled rei kawakubocommes des garcons, art of the inbetween opened on 5. Walking mesmerized through the rei kawakubo retrospective at the metropolitan museum was. Filled with tons of fantastic installation photos of the exhibition and thoughtful essays about rei kawakubos remarkable designs, the catalog highlights kawakubos aweinspiring life and career in a way that truly captures her constant process of renewal. Kawakubo joining that elite list suggests she might be the closest thing fashion has to a living saint.
Jun 08, 2016 cristobal balenciaga, issey miyake, rei kawakubo a new book, fashion game changers, charts the radical new silhouettes available to women during the 20th century. Without always understanding what i was looking at, i was gripped by the kind of melancholy that seems to accompany the toughest, most searching and demanding levels of beauty. Rei kawakubo at the museum of contemporary art in detroit, michigan. Rei kawakubo born 1942 established comme des gar ons in tokyo in 1973 and quickly consolidated her stature as one of the three major japanese designers alongside issey miyake and yohji yamamoto. Reviewed by christina catherine martinez my fashion pedigree is wholly derived from childhood predilection for wrapping swaths of cloth and ribbon left over from my mothers sewing projects around my body in primitive, avantgardist arrangements. Apr 02, 2002 rei kawakubo born 1942 established comme des garcons in tokyo in 1973 and quickly consolidated her stature as one of the three major japanese designers alongside issey miyake and yohji yamamoto. Kawakubos iconoclastic vision made her one of the most influential designers of the late 20th century. Museum of contemporary art detroitrei kawakubo1969. Rei kawakubo is an absolute musthave for any fan of rei kawakubocomme des garcons. The purpose of the exhibition was to present kawakubos clothes, shops, designed. Rei kawakubo born 1942 established comme des garcons in tokyo in 1973 and quickly consolidated her stature as one of the three major japanese designers alongside issey miyake and yohji yamamoto. The modernisation of japanese fashion the tropicalist. On vacation in greece, and refusing to feel ancient the new.
Sep 03, 2018 four times a year, comme des garcons, the avantgarde japanese fashion label founded by rei kawakubo in 1969, puts on runway shows exclusively for its own employees the receptionists and. The alienating garments of rei kawakubo at the met. Landedgeland part ii by luc derycke, walter van beirendonck, stephen jones, rei kawakubo and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. To call rei kawakubo is a revolutionary would almost be an understatement. Video produced for the course arts influence on fashion by gabriele burkoth. The book designers and exhibition photographer developed a system of. Kawakubos conceptions stem from her background in fine arts and literature rather than from any formal design training. She made an indelible impression on paris in the early 1980s with ripped and knotted fabrics, somber colors and asymmetrical detailing. Its also the first fashion show at the met since 1983 to focus on a.
Filled with tons of fantastic installation photos of the exhibition and thoughtful essays about rei kawakubo s remarkable designs, the catalog highlights kawakubo s aweinspiring life and career in a way that truly captures her constant process of renewal. Very well preserved a handling edge minimally lighter and darkened after. Rei kawakubo at the museum of contemporary art in detroit. A master at interpreting how clothing can both hide and reveal our vulnerabilities, kawakubo has. Commenting backstage, the 71yearold japanese designer referred to the 23 looks as anything but clothes.
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