The native form of this personal name is Kawakubo Rei. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Rei Kawakubo
Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons Art of the In-Between exhibit in 2017
Born
かわくぼ れい 川久保 玲
(1942-10-11) 11 October 1942 (age 81)
Tokyo, Japan
Education
Keio University
Label
Comme des Garçons
Spouse
Adrian Joffe
Rei Kawakubo (川久保 玲, Kawakubo Rei) (born 11 October 1942) is a Japanese fashion designer based in Tokyo and Paris. She is the founder of Comme des Garçons and Dover Street Market. In recognition of the notable design contributions of Kawakubo, an exhibition of her designs entitled Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons, Art of the In-Between opened on 5 May 2017 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, modeled by Rihanna.[1]
^"The 2017 Met Gala Theme Will Be Comme des Garçons's Rei Kawakubo". Vogue. 2016. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016.
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