The Costume Institute’s spring 2017 exhibition examines the work of fashion designer Rei Kawakubo, known for her avant-garde designs and ability to challenge conventional notions of beauty, good taste, and fashionability. The thematic show features approximately 140 examples of Kawakubo’s womenswear for Comme des Garçons dating from the early 1980s to her most recent collection, many with heads and wigs created and styled by Julien d’Ys.

The website aloud me to see the different parts of the exhibition and the clothes to match which were all themed, then there was some photography which was the part I was most interested in. Following are some images I particularly liked.

Overall I think this is my favourite image from this exhibition due to all the small features coming together. For example, the make up is very bland and understated so draws the viewers eyes to the fashion, the background coordinates really well without over powering the clothes. I think this is a very powerful image judging by their faces and also the outfit which is match with combat boots.

I like this image partly because of the outfit and the masculine side of it and how it’s modelled by a women however my favourite part is the shadows, I think they work because the outfit creases a lot showing shadows but also has lots of tones of grey in so therefore the shadows on the backdrop relate to the outfit.

This is a very interesting image and I have been wondering how it has been done. I’ve come to the conclusion that it is a double exposure rather than been edited to look like this. I think the red hair really stands out and makes it a very bold photo and also the background does this too because of the texture.

Overall, I appreciate that places are doing online exhibitions because I believe that the arts should not be taken away from us at this point in time and if anything are more important than before.