Rei Kawakubo: ReFusing Fashion (MUSEUM OF CONTE) - Softcover

Koda, Harold; Lavin, Sylvia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 097919914X ISBN 13: 9780979199141

Publisher: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, 2011

Synopsis

Rei Kawakubo (born 1942) established Comme des Garçons in Tokyo in 1973 and quickly consolidated her stature as one of the three major Japanese designers alongside Issey Miyake and Yohji Yamamoto. Kawakubo's conceptions stem from her background in fine arts and literature rather than from any formal design training. Her fabrication methods, and her collaborations with artists such as the late, great Merce Cunningham, are explored in this survey of her work. ReFusing Fashion presents over 40 key garments, costumes from Kawakubo's Cunningham collaboration, photographs, runway footage and ephemera.

About this edition

• Publisher: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 097919914X
• ISBN 13: 9780979199141
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 138