The Genius of Rei Kawakubo: The Woman Who Founded Comme Des Garçons

《川久保玲的極致天賦：打造 COMME des GARÇONS 的前衛帝國》（The Genius of Rei Kawakubo: The woman who founded Comme des Garçons）

• 大都會藝術博物館 Costume Institute 首位舉辦個展的現役女性設計師： 深度揭示當代最前衛、最具實驗精神的傳奇設計師川久保玲（Rei Kawakubo），如何憑藉一己之力締造全球最具影響力的獨立時尚帝國。

• 解密「反時尚」美學與「無-間（Mu-Ma）」、「侘寂（Wabi-Sabi）」哲學： 完整梳理其早期在日本的創業起點、對不完美藝術的極致追求，以及如何將日本傳統哲學融入時裝結構，顛覆傳統審美並重塑現代時尚的根基。

• 暢銷時尚作家 Terry Newman 執筆與全方位品牌檔案： 收錄高畫質彩色視覺影像，全面涵蓋川久保玲關鍵秀場作品、跨界合作企劃、店裝視覺設計、香氛系列，以及其如何以卓越商業智慧將 Comme des Garçons 擴展至全球的輝煌歷程。
  
  

  • Reveals Rei Kawakubo’s fascinating journey to creating the Comme des Garçons brand
  • Rei Kawakubo is the only living female designer to have been awarded a monographic exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute
  • Stunning colour photos of Kawakubo’s seminal avant-garde designs
  • From key fashion collections and collaborations to perfume, shops and celebrities

  
  

  "My approach is simple. It is nothing other than what I am thinking at the time I make each piece of clothing…The result is something that other people decide." - Rei Kawakibo, Interview Magazine, 2008

  "Kawakubo's will matches that of Coco Chanel and her influence goes perhaps even further; she is a designer who sees a bigger picture and has impacted the very shape of fashion, moving its foundations." - Terry Newman

  The Genius of Rei Kawakubo: The woman who founded Comme des Garçons celebrates a designer that is revered as the most avant-garde and experimental in the world. Having created a fashion label that is a global inspiration and one of the few independent brands still run by its founder, Kawakubo infuses her designs with the philosophies of Mu-Ma and Wabi-Sabi to create clothes that are truly special.

  Beginning with Kawakubo's early days when she began developing her brand in Japan, The Genius of Rei Kawakubo: The woman who founded Comme des Garçons goes on to look at her principles of anti-fashion and the art of imperfection, including seminal design details from some of her key collections. With chapters on Kawakubo's collaborations with other designers, her shops, perfumes, and lots more, this book presents the brand and its founder in all its glorious detail.

  Written by Terry Newman – the bestselling author of Marilyn Monroe Style – we learn just how canny a businesswoman and creative an artist Kawakubo is and how, through various avenues and alliances, she has created a vast Comme des Garçons empire.