INSPIRED BY THE LYRICS OF A 1962 FRANÇOISE HARDY SONG, REI KAWAKUBO ESTABLISHED COMME DES GARÇONS IN 1969 WITH THE INTENTION OF OFFERING WOMEN, “LIKE BOYS”, CLOTHING THAT OFFERS MOBILITY AND COMFORT. WITH NO FORMAL TRAINING IN FASHION, KAWAKUBO IS A TRUE TRAILBLAZER, BLURRING GENDER NORMS, AS WELL AS THE LINES BETWEEN ART AND FASHION. THE LEGENDARY DESIGNER STUDIED FINE ART AND AESTHETICS AT KEIO UNIVERSITY IN TOKYO. WHILE THE COLLECTIONS RESULT MORE FROM HER PERSONAL REACTIONS TO GLOBAL CONDITIONS, COMME DES GARÇONS HAS EXPLORED THEMES OF ESCAPISM AND EXISTENTIAL “NOTHINGNESS”, AS WELL AS REFERENCED ELEMENTS FROM THE VICTORIAN ERA. VOLUMINOUS, AVANT-GARDE SHAPES YIELD AN UNCONVENTIONAL AND PLAYFUL AESTHETIC THAT SHOWCASES DECONSTRUCTED, COUTURE FABRICS OFTEN IN BLACK. KAWAKUBO HAS GAINED AN ARRAY OF PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS OVER THE YEARS, INSPIRING NUMEROUS DESIGNERS WITH HER INNOVATIONS, AND CURRENTLY BOASTS OVER 20 DISTINCT LINES AND MANY MEMORABLE COLLABORATIONS.

*Rei Kawakubo, photographed by Paolo Roversi

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COMME DES GARÇONS | FAUX FUR TOPCOMME DES GARÇONS | FAUX FUR TOP

COMME DES GARCONS

BLACK / S

$2,505
COMME DES GARÇONS | THICK PANTSCOMME DES GARÇONS | THICK PANTS

COMME DES GARCONS

BLACK / M

$515
COMME DES GARÇONS | POLYESTER TWILL JACKETCOMME DES GARÇONS | POLYESTER TWILL JACKET

COMME DES GARCONS

BLACK / S

$1,260
COMME DES GARÇONS | EMBOSSED FUR SKIRTCOMME DES GARÇONS | EMBOSSED FUR SKIRT

COMME DES GARCONS

BLACK / M

$2,015
COMME DES GARCONS | KNOTTED LONG SLEEVE TEECOMME DES GARCONS | KNOTTED LONG SLEEVE TEE

COMME DES GARCONS

BLACK / XS

$565
COMME DES GARCONS | HOUNDSTOOTH SKIRTCOMME DES GARCONS | HOUNDSTOOTH SKIRT

COMME DES GARCONS

BLACK/NATURAL / XS

$735
COMME DES GARÇONS | FAUX FUR TOPCOMME DES GARÇONS | FAUX FUR TOP

COMME DES GARCONS

FAUX FUR TOP

$2,505
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COMME DES GARÇONS | THICK PANTSCOMME DES GARÇONS | THICK PANTS

COMME DES GARCONS

THICK PANTS

$515
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COMME DES GARÇONS | POLYESTER TWILL JACKETCOMME DES GARÇONS | POLYESTER TWILL JACKET

COMME DES GARCONS

POLYESTER TWILL JACKET

$1,260
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COMME DES GARÇONS | EMBOSSED FUR SKIRTCOMME DES GARÇONS | EMBOSSED FUR SKIRT

COMME DES GARCONS

EMBOSSED FUR SKIRT

$2,015
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COMME DES GARCONS | KNOTTED LONG SLEEVE TEECOMME DES GARCONS | KNOTTED LONG SLEEVE TEE

COMME DES GARCONS

KNOTTED LONG SLEEVE TEE

$565
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COMME DES GARCONS | HOUNDSTOOTH SKIRTCOMME DES GARCONS | HOUNDSTOOTH SKIRT

COMME DES GARCONS

HOUNDSTOOTH SKIRT

$735
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