Rei Kawakubo (1942) - photo 1

Rei Kawakubo

Rei Kawakubo is a Japanese fashion designer based in Tokyo and Paris. She is the founder of Comme des Garçons and Dover Street Market. Although not formally trained as a fashion designer, Kawakubo did study fine arts and literature at Keio University. After graduation she worked in the advertising department at the textile company Asahi Kasei and she went on to work as a freelance stylist in 1967. Two years later, she began to design and make her own clothes under the label Comme des Garçons. In 1969, she established her own company, Comme des Garçons Co. Ltd in Tokyo and opened up her first boutique there in 1975. Starting out with women's clothes, Kawakubo added a men's line in 1978. Three years later, she started presenting her fashion lines in Paris. Comme des Garçons specialises in anti-fashion, austere, sometimes deconstructed garments. Kawakubo likes to have input in all the various aspects of her business, rather than just focusing on clothes and accessories. She is greatly involved in graphic design, advertising, and shop interiors believing that all these things are a part of one vision and are inextricably linked.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:11 october 1942, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality:France, Japan
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Designer, Furniture maker, Jeweler
Art style:Avant-garde, Contemporary art

Creators France

Eugène Printz (1889 - 1948)
Eugène Printz
1889 - 1948
Théodore Levigne (1848 - 1912)
Théodore Levigne
1848 - 1912
Jean Nocret (1615 - 1672)
Jean Nocret
1615 - 1672
Jean-Jacques Castex (1731 - 1822)
Jean-Jacques Castex
1731 - 1822
Joseph Feuerstein (1733 - 1809)
Joseph Feuerstein
1733 - 1809
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908 - 2004)
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1908 - 2004
Pierre Courtens (1921 - 2004)
Pierre Courtens
1921 - 2004
Pierre-Adrien Pâris (1745 - 1819)
Pierre-Adrien Pâris
1745 - 1819
Marko Čelebonović (1902 - 1986)
Marko Čelebonović
1902 - 1986
Jeanne Rij-Rousseau (1870 - 1956)
Jeanne Rij-Rousseau
1870 - 1956
Raimundo Madraso (1841 - 1920)
Raimundo Madraso
1841 - 1920
Gilles Bensimon (1944)
Gilles Bensimon
1944
Alexander Semyonovich Liberman (1912 - 1999)
Alexander Semyonovich Liberman
1912 - 1999
Hanna Ben Dov (1919 - 2009)
Hanna Ben Dov
1919 - 2009
Eileen Gray (1878 - 1976)
Eileen Gray
1878 - 1976
Jean-Guillaume Moitte (1746 - 1810)
Jean-Guillaume Moitte
1746 - 1810

Creators Avant-garde

Thomas Ritter (1955)
Thomas Ritter
1955
Samuel Bak (1933)
Samuel Bak
1933
Carol (Olga Carolina) Rama (1918 - 2015)
Carol (Olga Carolina) Rama
1918 - 2015
Yang Yanwen (1939 - 2019)
Yang Yanwen
1939 - 2019
Revekka Moiseevna Tsuzmer (1918 - 2009)
Revekka Moiseevna Tsuzmer
1918 - 2009
Rowan Gillespie (1953)
Rowan Gillespie
1953
Michael Burges (1954)
Michael Burges
1954
Jose De Creeft (1884 - 1982)
Jose De Creeft
1884 - 1982
Guy Arthur Wiggins (1920 - 2020)
Guy Arthur Wiggins
1920 - 2020
Alfred Fritzsching (1935)
Alfred Fritzsching
1935
Eduard Gubler (1891 - 1971)
Eduard Gubler
1891 - 1971
Pablo Atchugarry (1954)
Pablo Atchugarry
1954
Sultan Acar (Adler) (1975)
Sultan Acar (Adler)
1975
Ernesto Pujol (1957)
Ernesto Pujol
1957
Imi Knoebel (1940)
Imi Knoebel
1940
Jatin Das (1941)
Jatin Das
1941
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