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Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Comme des Garcons
Comme des Garcons, is a Japanese fashion label founded by and headed by Rei Kawakubo. This label began as a side business for styling projects, etc in Tokyo. In the late sixties has morphed into a $180 million fashion empire with over 200 franchises around the globe. With rustic denim womenswear inspired by Japanese peasantry, Rei Kawakubo set up over 100 Comme des Garçons (French for “like some boys”) shops across Japan in the seventies. Then the 80's Rei brought her own collection to Paris. That include black silhouettes in a mystery way. Though earlier pieces bent the edge of avant-garde—think three-armed jackets, face-shielding turtlenecks, form-fitting gingham numbers stuffed with down bulges in monochrome black—recent collections have been a bit more mainstream, with suits from gold- and silver tweed, Rolling Stone tongue patterns, and floral-motif dresses. Her overall collections are very interesting in a unique way. It's definitely something I've never seen before and that's very rare. I overall see that each collection tells its own story and is not misguided in anyway. Sure, every collection tells it's story, but her just stands out more because of the uniqueness and the avant-garde. Overall from looking through all her collections of the most avant-garde is her FALL 2017 collection.
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