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Comme des Garçons' spring collection – designed for a warehouse rave
At the first show since the label’s work was honoured at New York’s Met Gala, there was slicked-down hair, sequinned jackets, neon faux fur – and even the occasional smile. But beware the unsettling final note
A visual history of Rei Kawakubo for Comme des Garçons – in pictures
The Japanese designer, whose daring aesthetic was honoured at the Met Gala last month, is being celebrated in a new book
Rei Kawakubo interview: ‘Contemporary culture does not allow for nuance’
The Japanese fashion designer has had a huge influence on what we wear ever since the late 1970s – and this week she became the first living designer to be given a solo show at New York’s Metropolitan Museum for 34 years
Met Gala 2017: who nailed the trickiest dress code ever?
What happened when the world’s most glamorous guest list met fashion’s most avant garde theme? Decoding Comme des Garçons/Rei Kawakubo on the red carpet
Women's liberation: 20th-century fashion breaks free – in pictures
Cristobál Balenciaga, Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo – a new book, Fashion Game Changers, charts the radical new silhouettes available to women during the 20th century
Rei Kawakubo’s radical chic
The Japanese designer’s Comme des Garçons collection was dismissed as ‘post atomic’ and her devotees nicknamed ‘crows’, but her singular vision has shaped the way we dress today. Jacques Hyzagi is granted a rare interview with the designer and retail genius
Wandering among Japan's wild creations at Future of Beauty exhibition
Japan’s style tribes and catwalk creations are bought to life in Brisbane at an exhibition of Japan’s best designers
Guardian Students
Do you need a master's degree to work in fashion?Alexander McQueen had one, Vivienne Westwood didn’t. Is a fashion postgrad the right path for you?
Comme des Garcons for H&M: the shoppers' verdicts
The 20 most powerful celebrity makers
You've got the talent. But who is going to make you rich and famous? Here are the top 20 most powerful people in the world of celebrity
Street fashion H&M goes designer
Comme des Garçons' founder and head designer, Rei Kawakubo, will launch collection in Tokyo this autumn
Shabby chic
It looks like a construction site, complete with shed and Portakabins. But Rei Kawakubo's new Dover Street store is a market leader, says Tamsin Blanchard.
Comme again
A designer emporium that sells nothing but perfume? Mais oui: behind a plain-looking Paris shopfront lies heaven for scentophiles. Molly Gunn follows her nose to find out more.
