Rei Kawakubo: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Deyan Sudjic, Rei Kawakubo and Comme des Garçons (1990); Bonnie English, Japanese Fashion Designers: The Work and Influence of Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo (2011); Linda Dresner, Susanne Hilberry, and Marsha Miro (eds.), ReFusing Fashion: Rei Kawakubo (2008).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Oct 07, 2025
Media added. May 07, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 25, 2024
Noted that she designed the costumes for the opera Orlando. Jun 16, 2021
Added her 2017 exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. May 26, 2017
Add new Web site: The Business of Fashion - Biography of Rei Kawakubo. Nov 21, 2016
Add new Web site: Fashion Model Directory - Biography of Rei Kawakubo. Nov 17, 2016
New article added. May 29, 2014
New bibliography added. May 29, 2014
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