Rei Kawakubo

A new exhibition at Boston's MFA devotes itself to the history of gender-bending couture, from Gaultier to Rei Kawakubo.

A highly personal show from Rei Kawakubo.

Pink five different ways, from a new exhibition at the Museum at FIT.

Kei Ninomiya, who began his career as a patternmaker at Comme des Garçons, has his own blossoming line under the brand’s banner. Photographed by Rinko Kawauchi. Fashion Editor: Matt Holmes.

On a summer afternoon in Paris, GARAGE brought together artist Sheila Hicks and Sies Marjan designer Sander Lak for a conversation about light, the difference between art and fashion, and upending the oppressive cycles that are thrust onto creators.

After an exhaustive three-year obsession with a jacket, one woman talks to a consumer behavior specialist about why she can’t stop hunting.

Plus: finding capital-F Fashion at Noir Kei Ninomiya, Junya Watanabe, and Undercover.

Fashion world favorite Tom Binns has a selection of pieces at Dover Street Market.

From new designers at Dior and Givenchy to the Rei Kawakubo show at the Met, more female designers are in the spotlight than ever. But are these women subverting the status quo in favor of something better, or enforcing the long-standing rules?