Fashioning the Avant-Garde

Design/Not Design

Brown paper dress. Collection: The Future of Silhouette (Autumn/Winter 2017–18)

Gingham stretch nylon. Collection: Body Meets Dress (Spring/Summer 1997)

Collections: Adult Delinquent (Spring/Summer 2010); 18th-Century Pink (Autumn/Winter 2016–17)

Collection: Blue Witch (Spring/Summer 2016)

Collection: Blood and Roses (Spring/Summer 2015)

Collection: Flowering Clothes (Autumn/Winter 1996–97)

Collections: Tomorrow’s Black (Spring/Summer 2009); Not Making Clothing (Spring/Summer 2014)

Collection: Broken Bride (Autumn/Winter 2005–06)

Collection: Bad Taste (Autumn/Winter 2008–09)

Collection: Lost Empire (Spring/Summer 2006)

Collections: 2 Dimensions (Autumn/Winter 2012–13); Cacophony (Spring/Summer 2008); Not Making Clothing (Spring/Summer 2014)

Collections: Persona (Autumn/Winter 2006–07); The Infinity of Tailoring (Autumn/Winter 2013–14)

The Met Fifth Avenue honors Rei Kawakubo, whose clothes are both art and fashion.