High-concept, high-fashion and radical, designer Kawakubo is considered the queen of fashion. Jess Cartner-Morley meets the designer at her headquarters in Paris
The Museum at FIT (the Fashion Institute of Technology) in New York, regarded as one of the most important museums in the world, hosts Pink: the History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Colour, an exhibition exploring the changeable meaning of the colour pink over the last three centuries. In its two sections (one … Read more
At the first show since the label’s work was honoured at New York’s Met Gala, there was slicked-down hair, sequinned jackets, neon faux fur – and even the occasional smile. But beware the unsettling final note
Last night the professionally glamorous interpreted the most challenging dress code: avant garde, inspired by Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons – and some handled it better than others
More than 60 years after her death, a new exhibition shows why Frida Kahlo’s distinctive look and exuberant choice of clothes are still so powerful
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