"Black is the strongest colour for me. It can easily express the strongest feelings. It's just the strongest, the best for creation, and the colour that embodies the rebellious spirit. And has the biggest meaning: The Universe and the Black Hole."
"Black, as a colour, is powerful. Well, to begin with, it isn't a colour at all, really - it's a shadow, an absence, the result of the eye perceiving nothingness. Yet, for nothing, black is everything - a colour of seriousness and sobriety, of religious piety, of Catholic orders, nun's habits, ultra-orthodoxy. Yet also of rebellion, punks as well as priests."
"The only figure who could challenge her as the author of black in fashion's contemporary landscape is Gabrielle Chanel, and their twin impacts on fashion have, arguably, been equally as radical."
Black serves as the defining color, theme, and identity of Rei Kawakubo's Autumn/Winter 2026 Comme des Garçons collection. Kawakubo views black not merely as a color but as an absence and shadow that paradoxically contains everything—representing both seriousness and rebellion, religious piety and punk defiance. She has long championed black as the strongest color for expressing powerful feelings and creating meaningful design. Harvard University credited her with inventing black in contemporary fashion. For this collection, Kawakubo presents black as embodying the rebellious spirit while holding cosmic significance, referencing the universe and black holes. Her menswear show featured exclusively black and white garments, while her womenswear introduced contrasting elements.
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