Rei Kawakubo / Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between

Andrew Bolton, Curator in Charge of the Costume Institute discusses the exhibition "Rei Kawakubo/Comme de Garçons: Art of the In-Between," on view at The Met Fifth Avenue May 4–September 4, 2017.

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The Costume Institute's spring 2017 exhibition will examine the work of Japanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo, known for her avant-garde designs and ability to challenge conventional notions of beauty, good taste, and fashionability. The thematic show will feature approximately 150 examples of Kawakubo's womenswear for Comme des Garçons dating from the early 1980s to her most recent collection.

The exhibition is made possible in part by Condé Nast

Production credits

Director and Producer: Kate Farrell
Editor: Sarah Cowan
Camera: Alex Rappoport, Sarah Cowan, Dia Felix
Interviewer: Christopher Noey
Lighting: Ned Hallick
Gaffer: Foster McLaughlin
Production Coordinator: Lisa Rifkind
Production Assistant: Kaelan Burkett
Original Music: Austin Fisher

Special thanks to: Nicholas Alan Cope, Ari Marcopoulos, Brigitte Niedermair, Collier Schorr

In order of appearance: This video is provided courtesy of the Merce Cunningham Trust. © All rights reserved. Photograph by © Katerina Jebb Photograph by © Paolo Roversi Photograph by © Kazumi Kurigami

Photograph by © Craig McDean Photograph by © Collier Schorr Photograph by © Peter Lindbergh Photograph by © Nicholas Alan Cope Photograph by © Brigitte Niedermair Photograph by © Ari Marcopoulos



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