Word: kawakubo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Paris couture shows again--a riveting glimpse at clothes few can afford and fewer still would wear. Christian Lacroix said he was "inspired by ethnicity and beautiful things from all over," but neglected to mention in which country one would feel comfortable wearing the above ensemble. Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons dispensed entirely with the notion of figure enhancement and inserted padding, above, that only a Quasimodel could love. The designer said her aim was to "create clothes without any reference to anything existing." She's right on target. Meanwhile the big couture houses seem to be getting...
...when the whole point was to look used. Inside-out seams, stitched-in wrinkles and prefab holes were a good enough joke for a few months, especially when worn by a beautiful youngster. But, as is often the case, fashion pushed too far; and by last year, when Kawakubo's Comme des Garcons was showing black-and-white prison stripes, concentration-camp survivors were rightly protesting...