Ready-to-Wear Autumn 2020
1 March 2020 • By Angelo Flaccavento
1 March 2020 • By Tim Blanks
There was optimism in this collection.
29 September 2019 • By Tim Blanks
Though Rei Kawakubo has made a speciality of moments of high drama, there is nevertheless the nagging notion that her challenges to fashion orthodoxy have taken on a tinge of predictability.
24 June 2019 • By Tim Blanks
Here, an oily quilted jacket over a crocheted top or a dark brocade trailing threads was less suggestive of menswear — or womenswear, for that matter — than a faded aristocracy.
Podcasts
9 March 2019 • By BoF Team
News Bites
5 March 2019 • By Kati Chitrakorn
3 March 2019 • By Tim Blanks
Rei Kawakubo drew on a repertoire of the most civilised dress, but mutated her finery with hard industrial elements. The impact of this dystopian couture was stunning: society through a glass darkly.
21 January 2019 • By Tim Blanks
Buried in the murk were artfully doubled jackets, skillful new proportions and intriguing decorative elements. But is creativity enough in the darkness? Maybe not.
30 September 2018 • By Tim Blanks
Garments burst open by a female belly were an intense reminder of the primal power of pregnancy.
24 June 2018 • By Tim Blanks
Rei Kawakubo returned to the mutated Edwardian silhouette that has underpinned her menswear from almost the beginning. But although there was buoyant colour, Kawakubo’s dissection of the suit had teeth.
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