The Unlikely Fashion Collaboration that Will Be a Summer Blockbuster

These two designers were born a year apart. They changed fashion history

NGV's Yayoi Kusama broke records. The gallery is hoping to follow that success with its next summer blockbuster, showcasing the designs of Vivienne Westwood and Comme des Garçons founder Rei Kawakubo.

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How does the National Gallery Of Victoria follow last summer’s record-breaking Yayoi Kusama show? With one of fashion’s biggest names.

The unlikely fashion collaboration that will be a summer blockbuster

The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) summer blockbuster will feature fashion icons Vivienne Westwood and Comme des Garçons founder Rei Kawakubo. The gallery insists it is not a downgrade from the solo spotlight given to Coco Chanel, Alexander McQueen and Jean Paul Gaultier at previous NGV summer blockbusters.

NGV Announces Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo Exhibition

Two of fashion’s most iconic and influential women come together for a world-first exhibition at the NGV.

Westwood | Kawakubo: A radical fashion exhibition is landing at NGV

Forget summer by the beach — this year, we’ll be on the first flight to Melbourne for the National Gallery of Victoria’s monumental fashion exhibition, Westwood | KawakuboThis world-first presentation unites the groundbreaking designs of British designer Vivienne Westwood, together with Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo of Commes des Garçons. Born just a year apart in opposing cultural contexts, both Westwood and Kawakubo are renowned for their sub…

NGV’s world-first exhibition unites two fashion icons

Inside the NGV’s Westwood and Kawakubo exhibition: a world-first celebration of fashion’s great disruptors Opening December 7, the National Gallery of Victoria’s summer exhibition pairs fashion legends Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo in a world-premiere show.By Ruby Stephens Comme des Garçons, Tokyo, Rei Kawakubo, Look 6, from the Invisible Clothes collection, spring–summer 2017. Paris, 9 March 2017. Image © Comme des Garçons. Model:…