REI KAWAKUBO / COMME DES GARÇONS: ART OF THE IN-BETWEEN, with text by Andrew Bolton

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2017, First edition, 248 pp., 11 1/4" X 14 1/4", Hardcover in slipcase

As new (still in publisher's shrink wrap)

Examines Kawakubo’s fascination with interstitiality, or the space between boundaries. Existing within and between dualities—whether self/other, object/subject, art/fashion—Kawakubo’s work challenges the rigid divisions that have come to define received notions of identity and fashionability, inviting us to rethink fashion as a site of constant creation, re-creation, and, ultimately, hybridity. Featuring brilliant new photography, and thought-provoking texts by Andrew Bolton, this book expresses the conceptual and challenging aesthetic of this visionary designer. An insightful interview and illustrated chronology of Kawakubo’s career provide additional context.