Rei Kawakubo Reveals That Lacoste Inspired COMME des GARÇONS Play's Logo in New Interview

While in New York to accept 2019's Isamu Noguchi Award, Rei Kawakubo granted WWD a rare interview. In a (comparatively) chipper mood, the reclusive COMME des GARÇONS mastermind outlined her work ethic, approach to business and thoughts on her own label's flaws. "I came to the point that I could make a business, a successful business using clothes as a material," Kawakubo states in her signature matter-of-fact tone. "As the business got more successful, I realized that by sticking to my values o...