{"id":92707,"date":"2017-03-06T20:42:58","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T01:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=92707"},"modified":"2017-03-06T20:42:58","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T01:42:58","slug":"met-gala-exhibit-honouring-rei-kawakubo-previewed-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/06\/met-gala-exhibit-honouring-rei-kawakubo-previewed-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Met Gala, exhibit honouring Rei Kawakubo previewed in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute previewed parts of its highly-anticipated exhibit Monday honouring Comme des Garcons designer Rei Kawakubo during Paris Fashion Week. (Photo: Fashion Designer: Rei Kawakubo\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PARIS\u2014The Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute previewed parts of its highly-anticipated exhibit Monday honouring Comme des Garcons designer Rei Kawakubo during Paris Fashion Week.<\/p>\n

Kawakubo, 74, attended the sneak-peak session alongside Vogue editor Anna Wintour.<\/p>\n

Wintour will co-chair the May 1 Met Gala that inaugurates the exhibit with Katy Perry, Tom Brady, Gisele Bundchen and Pharrell Williams.<\/p>\n

The preview showcased five dramatic, flame-red creations selected from Comme des Garcons collections across three decades \u2014 all framed in a neon-lit structure.<\/p>\n

The Tokyo-based designer officially founded the cerebral design house in 1973 to critical acclaim \u2014 and was dubbed “anti-fashion” for challenging the notions of beauty with her innovative, austere esthetic. Comme des Garcons has been showing collections in Paris each season since 1981.<\/p>\n

Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton, who posed with the shades-wearing designer at the Pavillon Vendome, said Monday that Kawakubo is considered the world’s “most important and influential designer” of the moment and “has consistently defined and re-defined the esthetics of our time.”<\/p>\n

It’s the first time the famed gala, and accompanying exhibit, will focus on one living designer since 1983, when it highlighted the work of Yves Saint Laurent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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