Widely recognized as among the most important and influential designers of the past forty years, Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons has defined and transformed

Comme des Garcons--"like the boys"--is the title of a French soldier's song. It is also the label of Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo, whose mysterious creations

Here, from the incomparable John Waters, is a paean to the power of subversive inspiration that will delight, amuse, enrich—and happily horrify readers everyw

Essay by Collier Schorr. Interview with Jens. F.