Rei Kawakubo is one of the most influential designers of her generation. Never one to court the limelight, she allows her clothes to do the talking. Her designs question our conception of gender and beauty. They tread the fine line between fashion and art. Kawakubo founded Comme des Garçons in 1969. Following her debut...
Issey Miyake has been at the cutting edge of clothing design – or, “making things”, as he prefers to call it – for over 50 years. As a result, his innovative designs are always future-looking. Above all though, there lies beneath a foundation of traditional techniques (both Eastern and Western), along with a deep...
sYohji Yamamoto is the fashion world’s Batman… Both are renowned for their billowing blacks, and they share a disregard for the well-trodden path. Instead the choose to define their own way, and of course, they both personify effortless cool. It’s no wonder then that over the years, just like his comic book counterpart, Yohji...