The Genius of Rei Kawakubo

'The Genius of Rei Kawakubo: The woman who founded Comme des Garçons' celebrates a designer that is revered as the most avant-garde and experimental in the world. My approach is simple. It is nothing other than what I am thinking at the time I make each piece of clothing…The result is something that other people decide. - Rei Kawakibo, Interview Magazine, 2008 “Kawakubo’s will matches that of Coco Chanel and her influence goes perhaps even further, she is a designer who sees a bigger picture and has impacted the very shape of fashion, moving its foundations.” - Terry Newman The Genius of Rei Kawakubo: The woman who founded Comme des Garçons celebrates a designer that is revered as the most avant-garde and experimental in the world. Having created a fashion label that is a global inspiration and one of the few independent brands still run by its founder, Kawakubo infuses her designs with the philosophies of Mu-Ma and Wabi-Sabi to create clothes that are truly special. Beginning with...

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