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How 10 Photographers Captured Rei Kawakubo’s Genius for the New Met Catalog

By Laird Borrelli-Persson
  • Photographs by Nicholas Alan Cope from the exhibition catalogue for “Rei KawakuboComme des Garçons Art of the InBetween”
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    Nicholas Alan Cope, from the exhibition catalog for “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between” Adult Punk, Fall 1997; Adult Delinquent, Spring 2010

  • Photographs by Katerina Jebb from the exhibition catalogue for “Rei KawakuboComme des Garçons Art of the InBetween”
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    Katerina Jebb, from the exhibition catalog for “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between” Sweeter Than Sweet, Fall 1995

  • Photograph by Brigitte March Niedermair from the exhibition catalog for “Rei KawakuboComme des Garçons Art of the InBetween”
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    Brigitte March Niedermair, from the exhibition catalog for “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between” Ceremony of Separation, Fall 2015

  • Photograph by Ari Marcopoulos from the exhibition catalog for “Rei KawakuboComme des Garçons Art of the InBetween”
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    Ari Marcopoulos, from the exhibition catalog for “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between” Ballerina Motorbike, Spring 2005

  • Photographs by Craig McDean from the exhibition catalog for “Rei KawakuboComme des Garçons Art of the InBetween”
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    Craig McDean, from the exhibition catalog for “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between” Cubisme, Spring 2007

  • Photographs by Collier Schorr from the exhibition catalog for “Rei KawakuboComme des Garçons Art of the InBetween”
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    Collier Schorr, from the exhibition catalog for “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between” The Infinity of Tailoring, Fall 2013

  • Photograph by Inez and Vinoodh from the exhibition catalog for “Rei KawakuboComme des Garçons Art of the InBetween”
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    Inez and Vinoodh, from the exhibition catalog for “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between” Not Making Clothing, Spring 2014

  • Photograph by Kazumi Kurigami from the exhibition catalog for “Rei KawakuboComme des Garçons Art of the InBetween”
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    Kazumi Kurigami, from the exhibition catalog for “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between” Monster, Fall 2014

  • Photographs by Paolo Roversi from the exhibition catalog for “Rei KawakuboComme des Garçons Art of the InBetween”
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    Paolo Roversi, from the exhibition catalog for “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between” 18th-Century Punk, Fall 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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