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Rei Kawakubo : designer monographs / curated by Terry Jones.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, German, French, Spanish Series: Publication details: Köln : Taschen, [2012]Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 43 cmISBN:
  • 9783836538916
  • 3836538911
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 746.92 KAW
Contents:
Rei Kawakubo / by Terry Jones -- Rei Kawakubo, i-D, The royalty issue, no. 318 (March 2012) / text, Caroline Newell -- Rei Kawakubo, i-D, The expressionist issue, no. 249 (November 2004) / text, Josh Sims -- Rei Kawakubo, i-D, The landscape issue, no. 218 (March 2002) / text, Jamie Huckbody -- Rei Kawakubo, i-D, The glamour issue, no. 104 (March 1992) / text, Terry Jones -- Rei Kawakubo, New fashion Japan, Kodansha (1992) / text, Leonard Koren.
Summary: Rei Kawakubo, the enigmatic head of innovative Japanese fashion house Commes des Garçons, has a special vision which extends beyond clothing to furniture, architecture, and graphic design, always defying conventional thinking. i-D examines Rei\'s complex and conceptual world, digging through the magazines archive and re-visiting interviews which explore how the fashion house continues to challenge the Western ideals of body shape and garment construction.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 746.92 KAW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Checked out 30/06/2020 39002100561688

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Rei Kawakubo, the enigmatic head of innovative Japanese fashion house Comme des Garçons, has a special vision which extends beyond clothing to furniture, architecture, and graphic design, always defying conventional thinking. i-D examines Kawakubo's complex and conceptual world, digging through the magazines archive and revisiting interviews which explore how the fashion house continues to challenge the Western ideals of body shape and garment construction. Breaking the conventional rules, Kawakubo continues to push boundaries, perfectly marrying fashion with art in the most unexpected of ways.
Packed into 120 pages is biographical and personal information as well as imagery from photographers including Paolo Roversi, David Bailey, and Emma Summerton, plus interviews with Jamie Huckbody, Josh Sims, and Terry Jones.

Rei Kawakubo / by Terry Jones -- Rei Kawakubo, i-D, The royalty issue, no. 318 (March 2012) / text, Caroline Newell -- Rei Kawakubo, i-D, The expressionist issue, no. 249 (November 2004) / text, Josh Sims -- Rei Kawakubo, i-D, The landscape issue, no. 218 (March 2002) / text, Jamie Huckbody -- Rei Kawakubo, i-D, The glamour issue, no. 104 (March 1992) / text, Terry Jones -- Rei Kawakubo, New fashion Japan, Kodansha (1992) / text, Leonard Koren.

Rei Kawakubo, the enigmatic head of innovative Japanese fashion house Commes des Garçons, has a special vision which extends beyond clothing to furniture, architecture, and graphic design, always defying conventional thinking. i-D examines Rei\'s complex and conceptual world, digging through the magazines archive and re-visiting interviews which explore how the fashion house continues to challenge the Western ideals of body shape and garment construction.

Text in English, German, French, and Spanish.

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