Spring/Summer 1997
Kawakubo never studied fashion. Instead she started out by getting a job in a textile factory, where she began styling. After struggling to find the clothes she wanted, she started designing her own, and eventually set up her company.

Invisible Clothing

fall/winter 2017
Comme des Garcons
Rei Kawakubo, (born October 11, 1942, Tokyo, Japan), 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.

Comme des Garçons
Rei Kawakubo est une designer japonaise née à Tokyo le 11 octobre 1942. En 1973, elle crée sa propre entreprise, Comme des Garçons, et ouvre son premier magasin en 1975 à Tokyo.

Comme des Garçons
2014

Comme des Garçons
fall 2014
Rei Kawakubo é uma japonesa nascida em Tóquio, em 11 de outubro de 1942. Em 1973 ela estabeleceu sua própria empresa, a Comme des Garçons e abriu sua primeira loja em 1975 em Tóquio.

Comme des Garçons

fall 2014

Comme des Garçons
fall 2017
“I’m not an artist, not a fashion designer, I just use fashion, use clothes as a material to make a business out of creation. This is a very important part. Don’t put me in a box.”

简宁汉
מרס קנינגהם
マース·カニングハム
머시 디스 커닝햄
МЕРС КАННИНГЕМ
« Scenario » de Merce Cunningham
Rei Kawakubo’s humorous costumes toy with the idea of physical distortions, such as humps and big rear ends. They are in mostly vertical blue stripes on white, or in pale green and white-checkered patterns. For much of the dance, five or six dancers twist and pose, each in his or her own space, with a rush of additional dancers to the stage toward the end of the performance. The bold electronic musical score is by Takehisa Kosugi.

山本耀司
יוז’י ימאמוטו
ヨウジヤマモト
Yohji Yamamoto nació en Tokio el 3 de octubre de 1943 y forma parte de los diseñadores asiáticos que revolucionaron la moda parisina en los años 80, como Kenzo o Comme des Garçons de Rei Kawakubo. Tras graduarse en derecho en la Universidad de Keio en 1966, decidió ayudar a su madre viuda con su taller de costura. Así, se introdujo en la moda; un mundo que le apasionó tanto que terminó por inscribirse en la prestigiosa escuela de diseño Bunka y, más tarde, creó su propia firma.