Comme des Garçons black sculptural top with strapped pouch — spring 2014

Size: M

Shoulder to shoulder: 39 cm

Armpit to armpit: 49 cm

Length: 77 cm

 

Composition:

100% cotton

 

Details:

Black sculptural top

Circular silhouette on the top

Round standing neckline with frayed finish

Longer hem, folded to the top, creating a pouch

Frayed finish on the top of the pouch

The pouch is held up by two ribbons on the front and two on the back

The ribbons are attached to the triangular shoulders, that pull the shoulders downwards

Circle shaped cutout underneath the folded shoulder

This makes it possible to wear the top as a sleeveless piece

The arms can also be worn in the sleeves, for editorial purposed

Comes with an extra fabric swatch

AD 2013

From the spring 2014 collection

 

Condition: 4/5

Very good condition

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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