Dedicated to Rei Kawakubo’s impressive body of work under her label Commes des Garçons, this year’s Costume Institute exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art explores her daring “in-betweeness”—the paradox that lies within her art and architecture, and general breaking down of barriers. “Beauty is whatever anyone thinks is beautiful,” Kawakubo once said. Here are a few of the best interpretations in hair and makeup from Monday night’s Met Gala celebrating the exhibition.
SUNHEE GRINNELL
