Charlotte Kingsnorth’s ‘Hybreed’ Chairs Would Make Rei Kawakubo Proud

Comprised of a mixture of vintage furniture frames + fleshy biomorphic forms, Charlotte Kingsnorth ‘Hybreed’ collection, upon first sight, sparked images of Rei Kawakubo’s biomorphic forms for COMME des GARÇONS AW/10 – wouldn’t you agree? Besides style, what makes these chairs extra special is how the chair frames are either hand selected by the designer or […]

For Fall, COMMES des GARÇONS Beautifully Demonstrates How Tailoring Has No Limits

Conventionally, we are used to pants only having two legs + jackets only having two arms, but when there’s any change involved that affects either, it usually includes a change in width, draping, length, stitching + fit.  Yet, in Rei Kawakubo’s hands, she redefined + challenged convention, resulting in pushing the limits of tailoring, where […]