'''Rei Kawakubo''' (川久保 玲, born October 11 1942) is an avant-garde Japanese fashion designer whose work is distinguished by its warped asymmetry, distressed fabrics, and monochromatic palette. Since her rise to prominence in the early 1980s, she has become influential for her work under the label "Comme des Garçons" (trans. "like boys&qu...(continue reading)