Rei Kawakubo o ile a hlahloba maikutlo a mangata a amanang le lipalesa, a fella ka pokello e tsotehang e sa tloaelehang.
Ho kenyelletsa likhothaletso tsa lipalesa bakeng sa selemo ka sebele ha se mohopolo o mocha lefatšeng la feshene, leha ho le joalo Rei Kawakubo o entse hore e ikutloe e le ncha bakeng sa pokello ea hae ea morao-rao ea banna. Ntle le lipalesa tse tsoakiloeng ka boholo le mebala e mengata, o ile a bontša litlhaloso tsa avant-garde tsa tšusumetso ea basali, joalo ka mese, mese le li-ruffles.
“Lipalesa ha li teng bakeng sa linako tse monate feela. Li teng hape bakeng sa linako tse thata, tse bohloko le tse bohloko. Le palesa e nyane e ka thoko ho tsela e ka folisa lipelo tsa rona tse robehileng," ho bala lintlha tsa pontšo bakeng sa pokello. Kawakubo o hlalositse mefuta ena ea maikutlo a fapaneng ka chebahalo e fapaneng ho tloha ho e makatsang le e hlasimollang ho isa ho somber le macabre.
Tseleng e hlakileng ea sefofane e bonesitsoeng ka mebala ea mookoli, moqapi o ile a bontša lihempe tse mebala e metle ea lipalesa, tse kopantsoeng le lijaki tse sehiloeng tse entsoeng ka motsoako oa lintho tse thata tse sa jeleng paate le li-jacquard tsa lipalesa. Lijase tse kholo li ne li entsoe ka liphanele tse ka tlase tse koahetsoeng ka lipalesa tse hatisitsoeng, ha matheka le li-leggings li ne li khabisitsoe ka lirosa tsa khale. Borikhoe ba kamoreng le lifupi li ile tsa hlahisoa ka thepa e kang ea Tyvek 'me e koahetsoe ke litšoantšo tsa lipalesa tsa lipalesa.
Kawakubo o sebelisitse mesebetsi ea sebini sa li-collage se thehiloeng Phoenix Travis Bedel ka mokokotlong oa lihempe tse peli tse telele tse tšoeu le lijase tse peli tse tsoeu tse entsoeng ka boea. Litšoantšo li ile tsa kopanya likarolo tsa botanical le anatomical, 'me phello e ne e le ntle le e sa lebelloang.
Ho sa le joalo, letoto la li-black-black-black li bapaloa ka mokhoa o ts'oanang: lijase tsa jacquard tse khabisitsoeng ka li-ruffles tse thata, tse kang letlalo le li-ovaroro ka li-suites kapa mebala ea satin e kopantsoeng le lifaha tsa lipalesa tsa polasetiki tse mahlakore a mararo. Lenaneo le ile la koaloa ka lijase tse hlabang tse neng li roaloa holim'a lijase tse khanyang, litšoantšo tsa mahata a tsikinyehileng a khabisa mekokotlo ea bona.