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Comme des Garçons-Art of the In-Between

A few months ago during one of our staff trips to New York City, we divided exhibits to evaluate based on the end of the exhibition. Those on my team headed to The Met to review the work of Japanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo, who is the founder of Comme des Garçons, which is French for “like boys”, a company based in Tokyo and on the illustrious Place Vendôme. After reading a myriad of articles from the NY Times, The New York Review, USA Today, The New Yorker and Vogue, we had to examine the items of clothing that we may not need, but want to have in our closets for those moments to truly stand out. Kawakubo is the first living designer to have a solo show at The Met’s Costume Institute since 1983.

The sculptural aura of the haute-punk items are oversized, crinkled and intriguing to see, and it definitely takes a unique personality to carry-off wearing such a collection.

Here are a few articles collected during our research on the designer and exhibition.

  1. 6 Life Lessons from Rei Kawakubo  {{Vogue}
  2. Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between {New Yorker}
  3. Rei Kawakubo, the Nearly Silent Oracle of Fashion {NY Times}

Stay uniquely stylish,
K

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Weekend Favorite’s

IMG_0829{Friday evening sunset, this is how you start the weekend}

My schedule is so packed that I never have a minute to be alone for a bit of creative thinking or time to do absolutely positively nothing. And, as much as I would like to slow down the clock, the holidays will be here in the blink of an eye. So, carving out time is always a must each weekend; I begin each morning with a few chores and then call the afternoons and evenings mine.

fullsizeoutput_1321 fullsizeoutput_1329{The limited edition Genevieve dress designed to bring true opulence to the holidays and the Lizzy ankle boot with slim mid-heel… gorgeous!}

Saturday afternoon started with a brief fashion show at Bloomingdale’s in Tyson’s Corner with my BFF- Terlene to view the contemporary British designs for women called Hobbs of London. As the champagne flowed it was wonderful meeting those with a similar interest in the fall-winter styles.

img_6228 img_6229Lastly, my beautiful niece Shana at the Ravens and Steelers game at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore this afternoon. The rest of the family watched the game from the comfort of Heath, oh did I mention the Ravens won 21 to 14!!!

Stay stylish,
K

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