Comme des Garçons Comme set of black shirt and skirt with frayed wavy denim trim

Size shirt: L

Shoulder to shoulder: 42 cm / 16.5 inch

Armpit to armpit: 47 cm / 18.5 inch

Length: 66 cm / 26 inch

Sleeves: 64 cm / 25.2 inch

 

Size skirt: M

Waist: 33 – 46 cm / 13 – 18.1 inch

Hips: 59 cm / 23.2 inch

Length: 76 cm / 30 inch

 

Composition:

100% acetate

Attached fabric: 100% cotton

 

Details:

Set of a black shirt and a skirt

Denim ruffle across the front of the shirt

Denim ruffle long the hem of the skirt

Classic button up style shirt with narrow collar

Breast pocket and cuffs with buttons closure

Knee-lenght skirt

Elastic waistband

Slightly a-line

Both garments unlined

Slightly shiny fabric

Earlier collection, circa 2002

 

Condition: 4/5

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

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