31 October 2019 to 26 July 2020 | NGV International | Free The National Gallery of Victoria will present a survey of Comme des Garçons in Australia’s first exhibition dedicated…

The daring, deconstructed aesthetic of Japanese label Comme des Garçons is incomparable, but current day fashion is again drawing on elements of this 1996 ensemble in a tendency towards longer…

Levels 7-10 In this activity students will learn about the conceptual processes of designer Rei Kawakubo, from Japanese fashion label Comme des Garçons

Thu 7 May, 3.

Levels 7-12 Mon – Fri, 9.30am, 11am, 1.30pm,

Throughout her career fashion designer Rei Kawakubo has pioneered conceptual and creative working methods.

Takamasa Takahashi has been generously gifting Comme des Garçons designs to the NGV since 2005 and has described himself as a ‘Comme tragi

Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons is one of the most visionary and influential fashion designers working today

Welcome to NGV Friday Nights In. Spend Friday Night in with sets by Melbourne-based DJs broadcast from NGV to your lounge room.

The National Gallery of Victoria has opened its State collection and programming virtually to offer the public access to the NGV Collection during the temporary closure of the Gallery

Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons is one of the most visionary and influential fashion designers working today. Her intent has always been ‘to make clothes that didn’t exist before’&

 Dress 1997, is part a group of eleven works designed by Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto that have been recently donated to the National Gallery of Victoria by Takamasa Takahashi…

An invitation to draw for the NGV Blog during the L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival 2013, brought back some memori

Ballet & Fashion is a joint project between The Australian Ballet and the NGV that showcases some of the most successful collaborations between fashion designers and dance companies over the past three decades. Designing for dance is a remarkably different process than creating for the runway. By embracing the tradition of the tutu or expanding a company’s repertoire with challenging styles, materials and forms, designers have reshaped the look of dance and ballet for the contemporary stag

Abstract Mode presents geometric patterns and forms in women’s and men’s fashion and textiles from the 19th century to the present. Works range from the delicate patterns of mid-to-late 19th century women’s dress to the futuristic 1960s style of Pierre Cardin and the energetic sampling of contemporary fa