FALL 2024 READY-TO-WEAR
Rei Kawakubo issued the starkest press statement that I have read from heror any other designer.
Her collection was simply titled Anger.
This is about my present state of mind.
I have anger against everything in the world, especially against myself.
Of course, her entire collection was blackalthough Kawakubo has practically owned black since the 1980s.
Perhaps its her frustration with being unable to prevent evil as an individual citizen.
The rage of powerlessness.
And on top of that, theres her remorseless self-criticism for saying this as a fashion designer.
Such as, putting on a fashion show.
One look was made of two soft zippered boxes, printed with barbed wire.
Another was stamped with chains.
Kawakubo is not alone in pointing to the darkness and grotesquerie of the times we are trapped in.
We felt her anger and honesty.
