Rei Kawakubo

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]