Fondatrice del brand Comme des Garçons, la stilista Rei Kawakubo è al centro di un'audace retrospettiva al Metropolitan Museum of Art di New York. Attraverso circa 140 creazioni, firmate da Kawakubo tra gli inizi degli anni Ottanta e la sua più recente collezione, la mostra newyorkese getta in particolare luce sull'approccio della stilista ai confini tra concetti e discipline, interpretati come "significativi luoghi di connessione": la sua è una ricerca che si muove con vigore tra arte e moda, tra fashion e anti-fashion, tra abito e non abito, costantemente proiettata verso l'innovazione e la "trasformazione rivoluzionaria".
Rei Kawakubo for Comme des Garçons, Courtesy of Comme des Garçons. Photograph by © Paolo Roversi; Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rei Kawakubo for Comme des Garçons, Blood and Roses, spring/summer 2015; Courtesy of Comme des Garçons. Photograph by © Paolo Roversi; Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rei Kawakubo for Comme des Garçons, Blue Witch, spring/summer 2016; Courtesy of Comme des Garçons. Photograph by © Paolo Roversi; Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rei Kawakubo for Comme des Garçons, Blue Witch, spring/summer 2016; Courtesy of Comme des Garçons. Photograph by © Paolo Roversi; Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rei Kawakubo for Comme des Garçons, 18th Century Punk, autumn/winter 2016–17; Courtesy of Comme des Garçons. Photograph by © Paolo Roversi; Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rei Kawakubo for Comme des Garçons, The Infinity of Tailoring, autumn/winter 2013–14; Courtesy of Comme des Garçons. Photograph by © Collier Schorr; Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gallery View, Clothes/Not Clothes: Form/Function © The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gallery View, Clothes/Not Clothes: War/Peace © The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gallery View, Self/Other: East/West © The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Rei Kawakubo for Comme des Garçons, Cubisme, spring/summer 2007; Courtesy of Comme des Garçons. Photograph by © Craig McDean; Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art