The Resume

(October 11, 1942- )
Born in Tokyo, Japan
Founded Comme des Garçons (1969) and Dover Street Market (2004)
Designs feature frayed edges, holes, and asymmetry
Most frequently used colors are black, white, and red

Why he might be annoying:

When she first exhibited in Paris, the French fashion press derided her style as 'Hiroshima chic.'
Many critics likened the effect of her 'Body Meets Dress -- Dress Meets Body' show (1997), featuring sheer fabrics stretched over lumpy padding, to tumors.
She complained about critics who 'reduce fashion to wearability.'
'New Republic' wrote, 'A person in Comme des Garçons looks like a dress with a head, not a person really.'

Why he might not be annoying:

She is actively involved in all aspects of her businesses, not just dress design, including advertising, graphic design, and store interiors.
Alexander McQueen said, 'w=When you watch someone challenging themselves like she does every season, it makes you understand why you are in fashion in the first place.'
She became the second living fashion designer (after Yves Saint Laurent in 1983) to have her dresses exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2017).
She was the first fashion designer to win the Isamu Noguchi Award recognizing artists bridging Eastern and Western cultures (2019).

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 88]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [October] (Ranked: 10111942)
• Designers
• I Got a Pet Cat or Twenty
• I Like to Dress All in Black
• I Married in 1992
• Look at Me, I'm a Woman in Shades
• My Favorite Color is Black
• My Spouse is at Least Ten Years Younger than Me
• People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People [1983]
• Profiles 54501-54750 (Ranked: 54683)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying