Rei kawakubo

Japanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo, founder and head of the Comme des Garcons brand, received the sixth annual Isamu Noguchi Award in a ceremony held Thursday at a New York museum.

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“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.

Take a tour of the best, wildest pieces.

We all know that there’s more to life than being really, really ridiculously good looking (chocolate-covered pretzels, for one. Or warm clothes straight from the dryer…you get the point). But for some, the modus operandi is that fashion and beauty really are the end-all, be-all, which explains how some of the industry antics that follow happened IRL instead of in the next Zoolander film. Yes, that includes underground male model fights, 6-inch-tall bags made of diamonds, and the real-life…

Marking: (a) [label] “COMME des GARÇONS”; (b) [label] “COMME des GARÇONS”; (c) [label] “COMME des GARÇONS”; (d) [label] “COMME des GARÇONS”; (e, f) [stamped on sole] “John Fluevog” “Swordfish/ Stay Sharp”

The complete Comme des Garçons Spring 2015 Ready-to-Wear fashion show now on Vogue Runway.

Comme des Garcons AW12

Forty years after Rei Kawakubo founded Comme des Garçons, we still know little of the fiercely private designer, who rarely provides a photo or an interview. For the 2015 legends issue Vogue Paris had the rare opportunity to shoot with the cult label’s creative director, one of the most venerated figures in design – the best term we could find for a creator who states that she does neither art nor fashion. As Rei Kawakubo / Comme des Garçons is confirmed as next year’s theme for the MET…

The 74-year-old force behind the avant-garde label Comme des Garçons makes otherworldly clothes that express hidden desires and fears.

This black ensemble (T.167 to C-1985) was designed by Rei Kawakubo for Comme des Garçon in 1982.

The 74-year-old designer, now the subject of a major show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, prefers to let her clothes speak for themselves.

Without color, texture and shape take the spotlight.

The fashion great explored structure, shapes, and naturally, the impactful use of black and white.

Rei Kawakubo’s journey as a fashion designer has been one of rebellion, innovation, and artistic exploration. Her ability to redefine the confines of fashion has undoubtedly left an indelible mark on the industry. By challenging conventions and embracing the unconventional, Kawakubo has empowered designers and fashion lovers alike to view clothing as a medium for self-expression and to appreciate the beauty in the unexpected. As we look to the future, Rei Kawakubo’s influential legacy lives…

Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo. "Language of Costume," July 29, 1975–November 30, 1975.Saint Louis Art Museum. "Vanity Fair: Four Centuries of Fashion from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," February 3, 1979–April 1, 1979

This collection created a kind of controversy. The press hailed it as innovative and challenging ideals of beauty through this system of padding that made reference to body out of bounds and pregnancy, while the fashion glossies showed the pads removed and fashionistas and store clerks compared the pads to tumors. The collection was also widely referred as the “lumps and bumps” collection, bringing the point home that it was making reference to non-fit body.