Comme des Garçons BLACK black high closing blazer with extra long lining — fall 2018

269.00

Size: XS

Shoulder to shoulder: 37 cm / 28.75 inch

Armpit to armpit: 43 cm / 17 inch

Sleeves: 61 cm / 24 inch

Length blazer: 61 cm / 24 inch

Full length: 103 cm / 40.5 inch

 

Composition:

Main: 100% polyester

Lining: 100% polyester

 

Details:

Black blazer

High closing neckline

Extra long pinstripe lining showing underneath the skirt

Black trim with frayed edges around the lining

Three button closure

Smaller neck button

Two front pockets with flap

Chest slit pocket

Cuffs with button closure

Tailored model

Fully lined

From the fall 2018 collection

 

Condition: 4/5

Very good condition besides a horizontal pull in the lining on the backside

In stock

SKU: CDGBBlHCB Categories: ,

Description

About Rei Kawakubo

Rei Kawakubo is a Japanese fashion designer, however, she didn’t study fashion but fine arts and literature at Keio University in Tokyo.

 

After graduation, she worked as a stylist before launching her label Comme des Garçons. Going against the 1980s super feminine look, she sent an all black, deconstructed collection on the runway, dubbed “anti-fashion” and “Hiroshima Chic” by easily shocked and insensitive journalists.

 

During the 1980s, her garments were primarily in black and dark grey or white. By the time of her Paris debut in 1981, Kawakubo was so famous that her fans were dubbed ‘the crows’ in the Japanese press.

 

Comme des Garçons kept on growing, evolving into a Comme de Garçons ‘world’ with about 20 distinct lines. This also gave Rei Kawakubo the possibility to give employees their own line, like Junya Watanabe, (the now discontinued) Tao Kurihara en the recently added Noir by Kei Ninomiya.

 

Kawakubo specializes in anti-fashion; producing deconstructed garments, which are draped around the body in an asymmetric shape, making them look awkward and uncomfortable. The hems are often unfinished and frayed.

Rei Kawakubo is reclusive and doesn’t give many interviews, she let’s her creations speak for themselves. She is know as a fashion icon and influence for designers like Martin Margiela, Ann Demeulemeester and Helmut Lang which have all name checked Kawakubo as an inspiration.

Additional information

Weight 0.9 kg
Womens size

Condition