Comme des Garçons 1998FW Coat the founder and continuous creative

the founder and continuous creative director of the Tokyo house first incorporated in the early 1970s

The house is defined by deconstruction

trained as a tapestry weaver at the Manufacture des Gobelins

a conceptual and frequently print-led period that balanced embellishment against the house's habit of subverting conventional beauty

Comme des Garçons 1998FW Coat the founder and continuous creativeA coat from Comme des Garons, Fall Winter 1998. Rei Kawakubo founded and heads the house and designed its main line throughout this period. The late 1990s mark a conceptual peak in her work, defined by a refusal of conventional silhouette.