Rei Kawakubo (川久保 玲, Kawakubo Rei) (born 11 October 1942) is a Japanese fashion designer based in Tokyo and Paris. She is the founder of Comme des Garçons and Dover Street Market.

May 9, 2017 · Limiting interactions with the press and public—while at the same time producing very personal pieces—has been a hallmark of Rei Kawakubo’s entire career in fashion.

Rei Kawakubo is the creative director of Comme des Garçons, which, despite operating according to an unconventional ethos rooted in raw creativity, she has grown into a business turning over …

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May 1, 2017 · Rei Kawakubo is the first living designer given a solo show at The Met's Costume Institute since 1983. See her work up close in this 360 video.

May 9, 2019 · Rei Kawakubo is one of the world's best known fashion designers, but never sketches. In this interview, she discusses her unusual design process, how she set up Comme …

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Apr 28, 2017 · This is an edited excerpt from the exhibition catalogue ‘Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between’ by Andrew Bolton, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, $50.

Apr 24, 2017 · On the eve of a major retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the radical and reclusive Comme des Garçons designer talks to BoF’s Tim Blanks about the pain of …

May 18, 2021 · Rei Kawakubo’s words and clothes present the “authentic” power of creation, at a time when everything is opaque and all we can do is strive. This article originally ran in Vogue …