Description
A revelatory look at the influential and enigmatic designer behind Comme des Gar ons
The great pantheon of fashion designers produces only a handful of creators who are masters of their m tier. Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Gar ons is one of them. Widely recognized among her contemporaries as the most important and influential designer of the past forty years, she has, since her Paris debut in 1981, defined and transformed the aesthetics of our time. This lavishly illustrated publication examines Kawakubo's fascination with interstitiality, or the space between boundaries. Existing within and between dualities--whether self/other, object/subject, art/fashion--Kawakubo's work challenges the rigid divisions that have come to define received notions of identity and fashionability, inviting us to rethink fashion as a site of constant creation, re-creation, and, ultimately, hybridity. Featuring brilliant new photography, and thought-provoking texts by Andrew Bolton, this book expresses the conceptual and challenging aesthetic of this visionary designer. An insightful interview and illustrated chronology of Kawakubo's career provide additional context.
Author: Andrew Bolton
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
Published: 05/30/2017
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 5.70lbs
Size: 14.40h x 11.30w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9781588396204
ISBN10: 1588396207
BISAC Categories:
- Design | Fashion & Accessories
- Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions | General
- Design | Textile & Costume
The great pantheon of fashion designers produces only a handful of creators who are masters of their m tier. Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Gar ons is one of them. Widely recognized among her contemporaries as the most important and influential designer of the past forty years, she has, since her Paris debut in 1981, defined and transformed the aesthetics of our time. This lavishly illustrated publication examines Kawakubo's fascination with interstitiality, or the space between boundaries. Existing within and between dualities--whether self/other, object/subject, art/fashion--Kawakubo's work challenges the rigid divisions that have come to define received notions of identity and fashionability, inviting us to rethink fashion as a site of constant creation, re-creation, and, ultimately, hybridity. Featuring brilliant new photography, and thought-provoking texts by Andrew Bolton, this book expresses the conceptual and challenging aesthetic of this visionary designer. An insightful interview and illustrated chronology of Kawakubo's career provide additional context.
Author: Andrew Bolton
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
Published: 05/30/2017
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 5.70lbs
Size: 14.40h x 11.30w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9781588396204
ISBN10: 1588396207
BISAC Categories:
- Design | Fashion & Accessories
- Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions | General
- Design | Textile & Costume
About the Author
Andrew Bolton is curator in charge of The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.