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Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between (Fashion Studies)
£28.50£33.30 (-14%)
A revelatory look at the influential and enigmatic designer behind Comme des Garçons
The great pantheon of fashion designers produces only a handful of creators who are masters of their métier. Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons is one of them. Widely recognized among her contemporaries as the most important and influential designer of the past forty years, she has, since her Paris debut in 1981, defined and transformed the aesthetics of our time. This lavishly illustrated publication examines Kawakubo’s fascination with interstitiality, or the space between boundaries. Existing within and between dualities―whether self/other, object/subject, art/fashion―Kawakubo’s work challenges the rigid divisions that have come to define received notions of identity and fashionability, inviting us to rethink fashion as a site of constant creation, re-creation, and, ultimately, hybridity. Featuring brilliant new photography, and thought-provoking texts by Andrew Bolton, this book expresses the conceptual and challenging aesthetic of this visionary designer. An insightful interview and illustrated chronology of Kawakubo’s career provide additional context.
The great pantheon of fashion designers produces only a handful of creators who are masters of their métier. Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons is one of them. Widely recognized among her contemporaries as the most important and influential designer of the past forty years, she has, since her Paris debut in 1981, defined and transformed the aesthetics of our time. This lavishly illustrated publication examines Kawakubo’s fascination with interstitiality, or the space between boundaries. Existing within and between dualities―whether self/other, object/subject, art/fashion―Kawakubo’s work challenges the rigid divisions that have come to define received notions of identity and fashionability, inviting us to rethink fashion as a site of constant creation, re-creation, and, ultimately, hybridity. Featuring brilliant new photography, and thought-provoking texts by Andrew Bolton, this book expresses the conceptual and challenging aesthetic of this visionary designer. An insightful interview and illustrated chronology of Kawakubo’s career provide additional context.
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press
Exhibition Schedule:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(05/04/17–09/04/17)
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Additional information
| Publisher | Yale University Press, Illustrated edition (30 May 2017) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 284 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1588396207 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1588396204 |
| Dimensions | 28.7 x 3.3 x 36.58 cm |
by Mayadha K
Saw the exhibition in New York Met Musuem and decided to buy online and have delivered to my home because book was too heavy to carry around New York
by Michaela Tranova
There’s interesting interview with Rei Kawakubo inside, but mostly it explains the exhibition’s pieces. Great book, nonetheless! (Plus you get ~100×70 cm poster)
by Client d’Amazon
recieved in excellent condition and unopened copy made a lovely birthday present for my husband
by maria conroy
Amazing fashion designer! Amazing book that is unlike most exhibition books. The text included gives so much insight to Kawakubo. I love how this is done. Exhibition fashion books tend to be boring, but this is anything but.
If you have a chance to see the exhibition in NYC, please do. It’s extraordinary!!!
If not, the book is a great item to add to the rare books of Comme des Garcons.
by CarG
Gift
by john robottom
great book