As an Access member, you’re once again invited to view the latest NGV exhibition after-hours – this time it’s Westwood | Kawakubo. No queues, no crowds. For one night in December, it’s just you and the art. 

 

The exhibition pairs the work of two of the most influential fashion designers in recent history: Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo of COMME des GARÇONS. Emerging in the 1970s, both self-taught designers brought a rule-breaking radicalism to the fashion world. At the centre of their parallel careers are desires for freedom, autonomy and change. 

 

You’ll wander through an immense display of more than 140 designs from the NGV’s permanent display, international museums and private collections. From sections like Punk and Provocation, to Rupture, Reinvention and The Power of Clothes – each highlights the convergence between Westwood and Kawakubo’s designs.

 

To score an Access Invite, it’s first in, best dressed – so set your alarm. The best part? Invites open to annual members 24 hours before the rest, so your chances of attending are good. When it’s time to enter early, we’ll email you a direct link. Make the switch to annual by emailing us at access@broadsheet.com.au today.

 

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Image 1. Vivienne Westwood Evening bolero and dress, from the Erotic Zones collection, spring–summer 1995. Paris, October 1994. Photo © PL Gould / IMAGES via Getty Images. Model: Linda Evangelista 

Image 2. Comme des Garçons Jumper, from the Holes collection, autumn–winter 1982–83. Paris, 1982. Photo © Peter Lindbergh. Model: Linda Sperrings

Image 3. Vivienne Westwood Outfits from the Portrait collection, autumn–winter 1990–91 (detail). London, March 1990. Photo © John van Hasselt / Sygma via Getty Images. Models: Susie Bick & Denice D. Lewis