Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between
Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between
Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between
Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between
Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between
Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between
Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between

Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between

Baron & Baron, New York, New York, 2017

Description

Widely recognized as among the most important and influential designers of the past 40 years, Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons has defined and transformed the visual language of our time.

Since her Paris debut in 1981, she has blurred the divide between art and fashion and transformed customary notions of the body, beauty, and identity.

This lavishly illustrated publication weaves an illuminating narrative around Kawakubo’s revolutionary experiments in interstitiality—the space between boundaries.

Brilliant new photographs of more than 120 examples of Kawakubo’s womenswear for Comme des Garçons, accompanied by Kawakubo’s commentary on her designs and creative process, reveal her conceptual and challenging aesthetic as never before.

A chronology of Kawakubo’s career provides additional context, and an insightful conversation with the author offers a fascinating glimpse into the mind of this fashion visionary.

Collections: 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2017
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Design firm
Baron & Baron
Creative directors
Fabien Baron, Yuki Iwashiro, Baron & Baron
Designers
Fabien Baron, Yuki Iwashiro, Baron & Baron
Jacket designers
Fabien Baron, Yuki Iwashiro, Baron & Baron
Photographers
Nicholas Alan Cope, Inez and Vinoodh, Inez and Vinoodh, Katerina Jebb, Kazumi Kurigami, Ari Marcopoulos, Craig McDean, Bridgette Niedermair, Paolo Roversi, Coolier Schorr
Production director
Gwen Roginsky
Production coordinator
Paul Booth
Author
Andrew Bolton
Editor
Nancy E. Cohen
Photo research
Jenn Sherman
Image permissions
Jenn Sherman
Separations
Professional Graphics
Trim size
11 x 14.25 inches
Pages
248
Quantity printed
40,000
Typeface
Baron One
Painter
Ofset Yapimevi
Jacket printer
Ofset Yapimevi
Paper
Munken Polar 150 gsm
Binder
Ofset Yapimevi
Binding methods
Hardcover paper over board, Smith sewn
Publisher
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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