Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time
15 October 2020 • By Tim Blanks
BoF’s Editor-at-Large revisits a Rei Kawakubo riddle that took years to decode.
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.
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