i recently bought this coffee table sized book on Rei Kawakubo, the designer and founder of fashion label Comme Des Garcons. it chronicles her work from
2012 through to 1992, using snippets of interviews and archived articles from ID Magazine, photographs along with quotes from the designer herself.
Rei Kawakubo was a great inspiration for me when i was a fresh faced student with aspirations of becoming a textile designer. i found her fractured, abstract
and somewhat ugly cuts and textures immediately appealing. what i found most fascinating was how her style with it's underlying raw and confrontational
edge, could also be strangely alluring. this 'awakening' lead me to become increasingly interested and concerned in the study of aesthetics, not just in textiles
but with art and design in general.
i have since college remained a massive fan of Kawakubo's work and philosophy, which has also lead me to discover other similarly conceptual designers
including Issey Miyake and Yohji Yammomoto. as well as see their continuing influence on contemporaries such as other nino favourites Viktor & Rolf,
Hussein Chalayan and Alexander McQueen. i recommend this beautifully printed book as an introduction to all fans interested in Comme des Garcon's
history beyond the lame pun.
Nino Paulito
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