Rei kawakubo

In this rare manifesto designer Rei Kawakubo of Commes des Garcons reveals some of the paths she follows to find absolutely NEW paths, her rigorous challenge to herself.

“There is never repetition,” says photographer Paolo Roversi of Rei Kawakubo’s work. Here he talks about their initial meeting, 34 years ago, and what her works means to him.

Below, you'll find our picks of the costume ideas we thought to be the most amazing. From dressing yourself up as Mount Rushmore, channeling classical paintings or turning yourself into a pharmacy receipt, these are the Halloween costumes adult kids will surely love.

Japanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo, founder and head of Comme des Garcons brand, receives 6th annual Isamu Noguchi Award in New York

We all know that there’s more to life than being really, really ridiculously good looking (chocolate-covered pretzels, for one. Or warm clothes straight from the dryer…you get the point). But for some, the modus operandi is that fashion and beauty really are the end-all, be-all, which explains how some of the industry antics that follow happened IRL instead of in the next Zoolander film. Yes, that includes underground male model fights, 6-inch-tall bags made of diamonds, and the real-life…

Forty years after Rei Kawakubo founded Comme des Garçons, we still know little of the fiercely private designer, who rarely provides a photo or an interview. For the 2015 legends issue Vogue Paris had the rare opportunity to shoot with the cult label’s creative director, one of the most venerated figures in design – the best term we could find for a creator who states that she does neither art nor fashion. As Rei Kawakubo / Comme des Garçons is confirmed as next year’s theme for the MET…

As the founder of Comme des Garçons, Rei Kawakubo has been radicalizing fashion since 1969. A blockbuster retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art shows that her capacity for surprise is practically limitless, and backed by a sculptural inventiveness that could make Picasso envious.