Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but the Speedo LZR suit rocked by just about everyone in the swimming events in China was in part designed by Rei:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...x.html?cnn=yes
"I
was interested in expressing the energy, the will to win, the power
that comes from the spirit, which finally determines the result. The
art of Inoue Yu-ichi is bound by no ancient conventions of calligraphy.
He works with great mental power, drawing close to the origin of
things, pursuing with freshness and strength a sense of speed, the
source of speed. When we combine the development of the highest
technology that is the realm of Speedo, with the force and the spirit
of the art of Yu-ichi, records will surely be broken"
Rei Kawakubo (Comme des Garçons)
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