The Genius of Rei Kawakubo
By Terry Newman

Reveals Rei Kawakubo’s fascinating journey to creating the Comme des Garçons brandRei Kawakubo is the only living female designer to have been awarded a monographic exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume InstituteStunning colour photos of Kawakubo’s seminal avant-garde designsFrom key fashion collections and collaborations to perfume, shops and celebrities"My approach is simple. It is nothing other than what I am thinking at the time I make each piece of clothing…The result is something that other people decide." - Rei Kawakibo, Interview Magazine, 2008"Kawakubo's will matches that of Coco Chanel and her influence goes perhaps even further; she is a designer who sees a bigger picture and has impacted the very shape of fashion, moving its foundations." - Terry NewmanThe Genius of Rei Kawakubo: The woman who founded Comme des Garçons celebrates a designer that is revered as the most avant-garde and experimental in the world. Having created a fashion label that is a global inspiration and one of the few independent brands still run by its founder, Kawakubo infuses her designs with the philosophies of Mu-Ma and Wabi-Sabi to create clothes that are truly special.Beginning with Kawakubo's early days when she began developing her brand in Japan, The Genius of Rei Kawakubo: The woman who founded Comme des Garçons goes on to look at her principles of anti-fashion and the art of imperfection, including seminal design details from some of her key collections. With chapters on Kawakubo's collaborations with other designers, her shops, perfumes, and lots more, this book presents the brand and its founder in all its glorious detail.Written by Terry Newman – the bestselling author of Marilyn Monroe Style – we learn just how canny a businesswoman and creative an artist Kawakubo is and how, through various avenues and alliances, she has created a vast Comme des Garçons empire.