Comme des Garçons fashion blockbuster to premiere in Melbourne

Rethinking fashion in revolutionary ways, Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons are the spotlight for NGV International this summer.
Celebrities wearing catwalk fashions by Vivienne Westwood. Comme des Garçons

Two fashion icons, British designer Vivienne Westwood and Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo have always cut the cloth in ground-breaking ways. They will be the subject of a new exhibition this summer at the National Gallery of Victoria International that brings the best in radical global fashion to Australia.

This next summer exhibition – opening 7 December 2025 to 19 April 2026 – will present over 140 innovative and ground-breaking designs created by Westwood and Kawakubo, and will take audiences on a wild sensorial overload delving into fashion’s radical edge, heightened by bespoke exhibition design and famed outfits worn by the world’s superstars.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Instagram: fairleygina