Rei Kawakubo
Subtitle: designer monographs
By: curated by Terry Jones
Contributors: Jones, Terry, curator
Series: Designer monographs; Designermonographien
Published: 2012
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9783836538916
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Fashion design; Comme des Garçons (Firm); Biography; Fashion designers
Description: Rei Kawakubo, the enigmatic head of innovative Japanese fashion house Commes des Garçons, has a special vision which extends beyond clothing to furniture, architecture, and graphic design, always defying conventional thinking. i-D examines Rei's complex and conceptual world, digging through the magazines archive and re-visiting interviews which explore how the fashion house continues to challenge the Western ideals of body shape and garment construction.
Notes: Text in English, German, French and Spanish.