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“She Always Pushes Me to Do Something New”—Photographer Paolo Roversi on Rei Kawakubo

Photographer Paolo Roversi on Rei Kawakubo
By Laird Borrelli-Persson
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    “Body Meets Dress, Dress Meets Body,” photographed by Paolo Roversi, 1996

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    “Body Meets Dress, Dress Meets Body,” photographed by Paolo Roversi, 1996

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    “Body Meets Dress, Dress Meets Body,” photographed by Paolo Roversi, 1996

  • Model in a look from Comme des Garcons' Not Making Clothing collectsion photographed by Paolo Roversi 2013
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    “Not Making Clothing,” photographed by Paolo Roversi, 2013

  • Models in looks from Comme des Garcons' Ceremony of Separation Collection photographed by Paolo Roversi 2015
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    “Ceremony of Separation,” photographed by Paolo Roversi, 2015

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    “Ceremony of Separation,” photographed by Paolo Roversi, 2015

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    “Ceremony of Separation,” photographed by Paolo Roversi, 2015

  • Model in a look from Comme des Garcons' Blue Witch collectsion photographed by Paolo Roversi 2016
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    “Blue Witch,” photographed by Paolo Roversi, 2016

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    “Blue Witch,” photographed by Paolo Roversi, 2016

Christian Lacroix is Laird Borrelli-Persson’s fashion raison d’etre; the way he combined romance and historicism set her on the path she is following today. Borrelli-Persson studied literature at Boston College, spending her junior year abroad at Oxford, where she added some art history. After graduation she moved to New York to intern ... Read More
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