Paris Day Six: Alexander McQueen, Comme des Garçons, Junya WatanabeSarah Burton saying goodbye to McQueen gives pause for reflection on the question of legacy. So does Rei Kawakubo with yet another exercise in abstraction.
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Rei Kawakubo started manufacturing and selling women's wear under the name of Comme des Garçons in 1969. In 1973 the company was established under the same name. Menswear was introduced in 1978.
The first show was held in Tokyo in 1975, and a subsidiary was established in Paris in 1981 with international development in mind. Rei Kawakubo remains at the helm of Comme des Garçons and continues to oversee all creative and business aspects of the company
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TYPEPrivate
ESTABLISHED1969
HEADQUARTERSJapan
EMPLOYEES501 - 1,000
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Paris Day Six: Alexander McQueen, Comme des Garçons, Junya Watanabe
At Men’s Fashion Week, Postcards From ParisThe Paris menswear shows had a postcard-like feel, but there were standouts that proposed a shift in dress as well as a spectacle, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
Rip It Up And Start Again: Why We Love Comme des Garçons, Junya and NoirRei Kawakubo and her acolytes Junya Watanabe and Kei Ninomiya continue to offer the most idiosyncratic takes on fashion as we don’t know it, writes Tim Blanks.
In Paris, Creators and ImpostersThe Paris Fashion Week that closed on Tuesday offered both sparks of originality and shameless theft, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
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At Paris Fashion Week creative spark was scarce, but there were bolts of imagination from designers across the aesthetic spectrum, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
In Paris, Comme and Its Children
A handful of the most interesting designers showing at Paris Fashion Week owe a debt to Comme des Garçons founder Rei Kawakubo, writes Tim Blanks.
Paris Day Six: Alexander McQueen, Comme des Garçons, Junya Watanabe
Sarah Burton saying goodbye to McQueen gives pause for reflection on the question of legacy. So does Rei Kawakubo with yet another exercise in abstraction.
At Men’s Fashion Week, Postcards From Paris
The Paris menswear shows had a postcard-like feel, but there were standouts that proposed a shift in dress as well as a spectacle, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
Rip It Up And Start Again: Why We Love Comme des Garçons, Junya and Noir
Rei Kawakubo and her acolytes Junya Watanabe and Kei Ninomiya continue to offer the most idiosyncratic takes on fashion as we don’t know it, writes Tim Blanks.