This year, the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metmuseum.org%2Fexhibitions%2Flistings%2F2017%2Frei-kawakubo" target="_blank" target="_blank">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a> is paying tribute to Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo. "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between" (on until Sept. 4, 2017) focuses on her experimentation with dualities.
"Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in New York —
This year, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is paying tribute to Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo. "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between" (on until Sept. 4, 2017) focuses on her experimentation with dualities.
Courtesy Comme des Garçons/Paolo Roversi/TheMetropolitan Museum of Art
Comme des Garçons' Autumn-Winter 2016 "18th Century Punk" collection
"Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in New York —
Comme des Garçons' Autumn-Winter 2016 "18th Century Punk" collection
Courtesy Comme des Garçons/Paolo Roversi/TheMetropolitan Museum of Art
Comme des Garçons's Autumn-Winter 2013 "The Infinity of Tailoring" collection
"Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in New York —
Comme des Garçons's Autumn-Winter 2013 "The Infinity of Tailoring" collection
Courtesy Comme des Garçons/Paolo Roversi/The MetropolitanMuseum of Art
Comme des Garçons' Spring-Summer 2016 "Blue Witch" collection
"Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in New York —
Comme des Garçons' Spring-Summer 2016 "Blue Witch" collection
Courtesy Comme des Garçons/Paolo Roversi/The MetropolitanMuseum of Art
<a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.momu.be%2Fen%2Ftentoonstelling%2Fmargiela-de-hermes-jaren.html" target="_blank" target="_blank">"Margiela: The Hermès Years"</a> (on until explores how reclusive Belgian designer Martin Margiela's work at the French fashion house from 1997 to 2003 related to his output at his eponymous label. (Pictured: Maison Martin Margiela Spring-Summer 2009)
"Margiela: The Hermès Years" at MoMu in Antwerp, Belgium —
"Margiela: The Hermès Years" (on until explores how reclusive Belgian designer Martin Margiela's work at the French fashion house from 1997 to 2003 related to his output at his eponymous label. (Pictured: Maison Martin Margiela Spring-Summer 2009)
Courtesy Marina Faust
Hermès Autumn-Winter 2001
"Margiela: The Hermès Years" at MoMu in Antwerp, Belgium —
Hermès Autumn-Winter 2001
Courtesy Ralph Mecke
Maison Martin Margiela Autumn-Winter 1996 and Hermès Autumn-Winter 1998
"Margiela: The Hermès Years" at MoMu in Antwerp, Belgium —
Maison Martin Margiela Autumn-Winter 1996 and Hermès Autumn-Winter 1998
(L) Courtesy Anders Erdström; (R) Courtesy Studio des Fleurs
Maison Martin Margiela Autumn-Winter 1994 and Hermès Autumn-Winter 1999
"Margiela: The Hermès Years" at MoMu in Antwerp, Belgium —
Maison Martin Margiela Autumn-Winter 1994 and Hermès Autumn-Winter 1999
(L) Courtesy Marina Faust (R) Courtesy Joanna Van Mulder
<a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vam.ac.uk%2Fexhibitions%2Fbalenciaga-shaping-fashion" target="_blank" target="_blank">"Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion"</a> (May 27, 2017 to Feb. 18, 2018) examines the Spanish couturier's unorthodox construction techniques and shapes, and maps his influence on contemporary fashion. (Pictured: Actress Elise Daniels in a Balenciaga suit in 1948.)
"Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion" at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London —
"Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion" (May 27, 2017 to Feb. 18, 2018) examines the Spanish couturier's unorthodox construction techniques and shapes, and maps his influence on contemporary fashion. (Pictured: Actress Elise Daniels in a Balenciaga suit in 1948.)
Courtesy The Richard Avedon Foundation
L: Alberta Tiburzi wears a Balenciaga envelope dress in Harper's Bazaar's June 1967 issue. <br />R: Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn wears a Balenciaga coat in 1950.
"Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion" at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London —
L: Alberta Tiburzi wears a Balenciaga envelope dress in Harper's Bazaar's June 1967 issue.
R: Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn wears a Balenciaga coat in 1950.
(L) Courtesy Hiro (R) Courtesy Conde Nast/Irving Penn Foundation
A model wears a silk Balenciaga evening dress in 1967.
"Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion" at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London —
A model wears a silk Balenciaga evening dress in 1967.
Courtesy Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby's
Model Dovima (left) wears a cloche and suit by Balenciaga at the Café des Deux Magots in Paris in 1955.
"Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion" at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London —
Model Dovima (left) wears a cloche and suit by Balenciaga at the Café des Deux Magots in Paris in 1955.
Courtesy The Richard Avedon Foundation