Introduction
Footage and Sound Credits
Credits listed by order of appearance.
Footage
1981 Vivienne Westwood Worlds End Clock Spinning, clip reference: PZ9
1970s Piccadilly Circus Street Scenes London, clip reference: KLR160
1980s Shibuya Crossing Tokyo, clip reference: GWR116441
Courtesy of Kinolibrary
Teddy Boys walking down the street, c. 1977, from ‘U.K.: PUNK ROCK CULT INVOLVED IN LONDON STREET FIGHTING (1977)’
Reuters Archive
Courtesy of British Pathé
1970s Tokyo Street Scenes and Fashion, clip reference: KLR714
1970s Japan Yoyogi Park Rockabilly Convention, clip reference: ET9
Courtesy of Kinolibrary
Westwood and McLaren’s Too Fast to Live Too Young to Die shopfront and Teddy Boys standing outside, c. 1972–74, from ‘TEDDY BOYS (1972–1974)’
British Pathé Archive
Courtesy of British Pathé
1980s London Punk Mohawk Hairstyle and Fashion, filmed by Phil Munnoch (Captain Zip), clip reference: PZ3F
Courtesy of Kinolibrary
1973 Harajuku, Tokyo from ‘Fashion Street: Harajuku, Tokyo’ episode of New Japan Travelogue, broadcast 24 September 1973
新日本紀行「ファッション通り～東京・原宿～」（初回放送1973年9月24日）
Courtesy of NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Vivienne Westwood, Jordan and members of the Sex Pistols inside Seditionaries on the BBC TV program Just a Nimmo, broadcast 24 March 1977
© BBC
Paris Match article and Kawakubo footage appearing in the Rei Kawakubo special documentary on NHK, broadcast 12 January 2002
「世界は彼女の何を評価したのか —ファッションデザイナー川久保玲の挑戦—」
Courtesy of NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Place des Victoires, Paris and Comme des Garçons Gloves, Skirts, Quilted Big Coats autumn–winter 1983 collection runway, from ‘Japanese Mode: The Samurai Attack’ TV segment on the Dimanche program, 27 March 1983
Documentary note no.: CAB8300965701
Equipment/Carrier number: MGCAB0074130–AJ.01
Courtesy of Institut national de l’audiovisuel (INA)
1980s pirate fashion on King’s Road, London, on Thames Report, broadcast 30 April 1981
Courtesy of Fremantle Archive
Kawakubo and models backstage, Milan Fashion Week, 24 September 1985, clip reference: EXTSYP 986 RUSH 4
Courtesy of Gaumont Pathé Archives
Jean-Michel Basquiat walking for Comme des Garçons Homme’s spring–summer 1987 collection presentation in 1986
Courtesy of Comme des Garçons
Sara Stockbridge wearing Vivienne Westwood’s Pirate collection, from The South Bank Show: Vivienne Westwood (1990)
Courtesy of ITV / Channel 3
Ryuichi Sakamoto visiting the first overseas Comme des Garçons flagship store, at 42 rue Étienne Marcel, Paris, near Place des Victoires, 1988
Documentary note no.: 4817725001
Carrier number: MGCPD0004904–AV.01
Courtesy of Institut national de l’audiovisuel (INA)
Vivienne Westwood boutique (Vivienne Westwood Couture at 6 Davies St, London), The South Bank Show: Vivienne Westwood (1990)
Courtesy of ITV / Channel 3
Machine producing Comme des Garçons fabric, Kisogawa, Aichi Prefecture, appearing in the Rei Kawakubo special documentary on NHK, broadcast 12 January 2002
「世界は彼女の何を評価したのか —ファッションデザイナー川久保玲の挑戦—」
Courtesy of NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Comme des Garçons’ Holes (or Destroy) autumn–winter 1982 collection runway (Kawakubo appears at the end), 25 March 1982
Courtesy of Comme des Garçons
Westwood on The Dame Edna Experience, London Weekend Television, broadcast 11 November 1989
Courtesy of ITV / Channel 3
Comme des Garçons workshop, appearing in the Rei Kawakubo special documentary on NHK, broadcast 12 January 2002
「世界は彼女の何を評価したのか —ファッションデザイナー川久保玲の挑戦—」
Courtesy of NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Sound
Melvyn Bragg, The South Bank Show: Vivienne Westwood (1990)
Courtesy of ITV / Channel 3
TV presenter, Rei Kawakubo interview segment, 2020
Courtesy of NEWS23 (Tokyo Broadcasting System)
Bella Freud, interview with NGV, 2025
Suzy Menkes, OBE, Rei Kawakubo special documentary on NHK, broadcast 12 January 2002
Courtesy of NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Rick Owens, Antifashion (2012, dir. Olivier Nicklaus, prod. Arte France, Lalala Productions)
Courtesy of Institut national de l’audiovisuel (INA)
Pharrell Williams, 2017
Courtesy of E! Insider