Comme Des Garcons – A Global Fashion Brand

September 25th, 2021 by dayat No comments »

Comme des Garcons means ‘like the boys’ in French. This fashion label is the creation of the amazing Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo, who has made her mark on the fashion world with her own brand of controversial fashion despite having no formal fashion or tailoring training.

Perhaps it is this lack of training that has enabled Rei to create designs that have caused such a huge stir in the fashion world. She has challenged the notion that fashion must be sexy and colourful . She created designs of clothing that are described by some as avant garde by some. In the eighties, she created her vision of fashion in all black clothing that was almost revolutionary at the time. The technical side of Comme des Garcons is handled completely by her pattern makers who are challenged with transforming her designs into reality. The Comme de Garcons label has it’s own very recognisable signature look. The clothing is assymetical and draped across the body in an almost masculine style and feature details such as fraying and holes.

More recent Comme Des Garcon collections have incorporated loud and garish colours but for spring summer 09 Rei has returned to her favourite black.

The label was extablished in 1969 and has since been instrumental in bringing other new talents into the fashion spot light including Junya Watanabe and Tao Kurihara who have both started sub label under the Comme Des Garcons name . The label has also expanded into a huge empire over the last four decades with stores all over the globe and both clothing and perfume lines.