Christmas is well and truly behind us, all the January sales have kicked off, so I guess now is about our last
chance to grab any bargains. I’ve pretty much maxed
out all of my disposable income for the month, so all I can really do now is
sit and wait for new season arrivals.
Comme des Garçons is one of my favorite brands. I
love the edgy coolness and conceptual designs that they do. The brand is quirky;
a luxe take on wearable art fashion with an intriguing twist that gives the
brand a unique and distinct appeal. Commedes Garçons has been established since 1969 and its name means ‘Like
Boys’ in French.
The label is headed up by Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo who
owns the brand with her husband Adrian Jaffe. The niche label is based in Tokyo
and Paris, where they show men’s and women’s collections twice a year at Paris
Fashion Week.
Since 2004 Comme des Garçons has developed concept
stores around the world, with their very first market store, Dover Street Market in Mayfair London. The label is still expanding its global
empire where they now have market stores in Beijing, Tokyo and most recently New York.
Comme des Garçons is a brand that is known for
testing the limits when it comes to fashion. This notion is completely exemplified
with their latest S/S 14 collection. It is there most avant-garde collection I’ve
seen to date.
The collection comprises of twenty three wearable art
objects, the collection sees no traditional clothing pieces what so ever. Kawakubo wanted this S/S 14 collection to be epic, which she was very much successful in doing so, producing
a ready-to-wear collection like no other where it does not feature any clothing items. I love this collection, it’s bold, makes
a statement and will leave an iconic mark in the fashion history. The daring collection also paves the way for other fashion designers to be as innovative and adventurous with there style because this collection defies all normal practices and perceptions of what fashion is
and how it can be worn.
I'm infatuated with the collection and the fact that Comme des Garçons breaks the all the traditional rules of fashion makes this work even more interesting. The
collection is visually captivating to say the least, each piece was sent down the runway
with its own piece of music.
Comme des Garçons is special and I like fashion that does not dictate, or follow mainstream
ideologies about how fashion should be, I'm bored of fashion designers that just follow trends and
use traditional fabrics. It's all too easy for fashion designers once they are established to become safe and
really commercialised with their designs, where as Comme des Garçons takes risks to bring us
fierce fun innovative fashion.
All of the designs are created in the brands Tokyo studio. Comme
des Garçons latest collection shows vivid influence of Japanese street
fashion, where popular street trends are entwined into the designs the to
produce electric collections. Gosurori is a Japanese street style that you can vividly
see translated in Comme des Garçons designs. The Gosurori fashion trend
is mostly popular among the younger generation in Japanese culture, wearers
of this trend tend to choose clothing style picks that are Victorian inspired, completing
the look to resemble Gothic like porcelain doll. It would seem that Comme des Garçons uses
hints of Gothic as an inspiration for designs in their S/S 14 collection,
translating this street style trend through fabrics and colours where black was a
predominant colour for the collection.
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Another Japanese street style that seems to be vivid in the spring
summer collection is Cosplay, which means dressing up. This Japanese street
style trend is also known as Harajaku style where many Japanese fashionista
bring fictional characters to life. Wearers of this trend love to dress as Manga
characters or overtly dress in their favorite characters like Hello Kitty.
Much of Comme des Garçons spring summer collection embodies this heavy adornment
and 3D sculpted pieces incorporated into their designs which very much embodies a similar
style aesthetic to the Harajaku street style trend.
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These designs are certainly not for the faint hearted; however
if you want to make a statement then these are the style pieces to go for. They
come in the most mesmerising bold designs with intricate detailing that sees cut-outs
and asymmetric cuts.
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