Rei Kawakubo & Comme des Garcons

-Japanese fashion designer
-founder of Comme des Garcons
-studied fine arts, was never trained as a fashion designer
-started with womens but added mens soon after
-shows in Paris
-Comme des garcons specialises in anti-fashion, austere and deconstructed garments
-challenged established beauty
guest designed fro H&M

" I am not conscious of any intellectual approach as such. My approach is simple. It is nothing other than what I am thinking at the time I make each piece of clothing, whether I think it is strong and beautiful. The result is something that other people decide"

http://www.comme-des-garcons.com/