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ARTICLE REI KAWAKUBO
PHOTOGRAPHY SEBASTIAN FAENA
STYLIST CARINE ROITFELD
MODELS KATI NESCHER (DNA), STEF VAN DER LAAN (IMG), DANIELA BRAGA (NEXT) MAKEUP YADIM FOR DIOR BEAUTY (TIM HOWARD MANAGEMENT) HAIR JIMMY PAUL FOR BUMBLE AND BUMBLE MANICURE HONEY (EXPOSURE, NY) SET DESIGN STEFAN BECKMAN (EXPOSURE, NY) TAILOR ALBERTA ROC LIGHT DESIGN CHRIS BISAGNI DIGITAL TECHNICIAN ANDREW KENNEY PHOTO ASSISTANTS CHRIS GRUNDER AND JOHN CIAMILLO STYLIST ASSISTANTS MICHAELA DOSAMANTES, VINCENT CIARLARIELLO, BRIELLE BAUMBACH, EMILIA BOERJESSON MAKEUP ASSISTANTS KANAKO TAKASE, RAUL OTERO, TOMOMI KAWAGUCHI HAIR ASSISTANTS ROZ MURRAY AND EDWARD LAMPLEY COLORIST MAI FOR BUMBLE AND BUMBLE SET DESIGN ASSISTANTS COLIN RODDICK, WILL PIERCE, TAHA CLAYTON, JOSH TONSFELDT, NICK KOZMIN PRODUCTION HELENA MARTEL PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS SPENCER MORGAN TAYLOR, BIANCA AMBROSIO, SHAINA TRAVIS, ALBERTO MARIA COLOMBO VIDEO ALEXA KAROLINSKI LOCATION INDUSTRIA SUPERSTUDIO RETOUCHING PICTURE HOUSE SPECIAL THANKS DAVID HAZAN
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL SEASONS, DESIGNERS HAVE BEEN INTENT ON PUMPING UP THE VOLUME. NOW FASHION'S QUEEN OF REDUCTIONISM, REI KAWAKUBO, HAS PROCLAIMED THE WORLD IS FLAT. HERE, SHE EXPLAINS THE CONCEPT BEHIND THE MOST TALKED ABOUT SILHOUETTE OF FALL
"There is no difficult technique to make the clothes of this collection. To make clothes without techniques is the most difficult thing. The best design is without design. The simplest idea and no design results in the strongest expression."
-REI KAWAKUBO, MAY 8, 2012, TOKYO
MODELS KATI NESCHER (DNA), STEF VAN DER LAAN (IMG), DANIELA BRAGA (NEXT) MAKEUP YADIM FOR DIOR BEAUTY (TIM HOWARD MANAGEMENT) HAIR JIMMY PAUL FOR BUMBLE AND BUMBLE MANICURE HONEY (EXPOSURE, NY) SET DESIGN STEFAN BECKMAN (EXPOSURE, NY) TAILOR ALBERTA ROC LIGHT DESIGN CHRIS BISAGNI DIGITAL TECHNICIAN ANDREW KENNEY PHOTO ASSISTANTS CHRIS GRUNDER AND JOHN CIAMILLO STYLIST ASSISTANTS MICHAELA DOSAMANTES, VINCENT CIARLARIELLO, BRIELLE BAUMBACH, EMILIA BOERJESSON MAKEUP ASSISTANTS KANAKO TAKASE, RAUL OTERO, TOMOMI KAWAGUCHI HAIR ASSISTANTS ROZ MURRAY AND EDWARD LAMPLEY COLORIST MAI FOR BUMBLE AND BUMBLE SET DESIGN ASSISTANTS COLIN RODDICK, WILL PIERCE, TAHA CLAYTON, JOSH TONSFELDT, NICK KOZMIN PRODUCTION HELENA MARTEL PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS SPENCER MORGAN TAYLOR, BIANCA AMBROSIO, SHAINA TRAVIS, ALBERTO MARIA COLOMBO VIDEO ALEXA KAROLINSKI LOCATION INDUSTRIA SUPERSTUDIO RETOUCHING PICTURE HOUSE SPECIAL THANKS DAVID HAZAN