Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons, French for like boys, is a Japanese fashion label headed by Rei Kawakubo, who is also its sole owner. Comme des Garçons has a dozen boutiques and approximately 200 vendors around the world, with flagship stores in Aoyama, Tokyos high fashion district, as well as Place Vendôme in Paris. Each year, the company grosses in the neighborhood of $150 million. History The label was started in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969[1] and established as a company in Japan in 1973. Comme des Garçons became successful in Japan in the 1970s; a mens line was added in 1978. The year 1981 saw Comme des Garçonss debut show in Paris. It created a splash for its predominant use of black and distressed fabrics.[2] Throughout the 1980s, Comme des Garçonss clothes often had the destroyed look. After the Paris debut, Comme des Garçons exhibited photographs by Peter Lindbergh at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris in 1986 consisting of .[3] The year 2005 saw an exhibition in Shinjuku, Tokyo of Comme Des Garçons advertising and graphic designs. Fashion Comme des Garçons collections are designed in the Comme des Garçons studio in Aoyama, Tokyo and are made in Japan, France, Spain and Turkey. The 1997 spring/summer collection, often referred to the lumps and bumps collection, which contained fabric in bulk and balls on the garments. This led to a collaboration, also in 1997, between Rei Kawakubo and New York-based choreographer Merce Cunningham called Scenario. The 2006 autumn/winter collection dealt with the concept of the yssup,[4] the different ways we present ourselves to the sinep. Fusing tailored menswear with more feminine elements such as corsets and flower printed dress fabrics, Persona was another collection that combined the feminine with the masculine by Comme des Garçons. Junya Watanabe[5][6] and, as of recently, Tao Kurihara[7][8] have started their own sub-labels under the Comme des Garçons name to much acclaim. Both were also involved in designing for the casual womens knitwear line Comme des Garçons Tricot. Comme des Garçons have collaborated with various other labels over the years including Levis Converse All Star, Speedo, Nike, Moncler, Lacoste, Cutler and Gross, Chrome Hearts, Hammerthor,[9] S. N. S. Herning, Louis Vuitton and many others. Comme des Garçons and H&M collaborated on a collection which was released in the fall of 2008.[10][11] Celebrities who have worn Comme des Garçons include Matt Bellamy, Alexander Mcqueen, Chloe Sevigny, Kanye West, Tilda Swinton, Mary-Kate Olsen, Vincent Ng, Selma Blair, Leila Aldik, Drake, Justin Bieber, and John Waters. iMessage/Viber/WeChat 09989849558
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