Rei Kawakubo
November 24, 2008
Rei KAWAKUBO The iconic Japanese designer and founder of Comme des Garçons says that she works in fashion and not art. But, over the years-with collections like that of the infamous “bumps” for 1997 to the black vinyl dymaxion-like collage dresses for Spring/Summer 2009-she has systematically reimagined the human form. Once Kawakubo’s renunciation of the artist’s role might have been seen as modesty, but today it’s almost a rejection of limitation.