Junya Watanabe camo print jacket made of a deconstructed trenchcoat — spring 2006

Size: S

Shoulder to shoulder: 35 cm

Armpit to armpit: 39 cm

Sleeves: 60 cm

Length: 52 – 63 cm

 

Composition:

100% cotton

 

Details:

Deconstructed trenchcoat, made into a tailored jacket

Beige, green and brown camouflage print

Open cutaway front

closed by two buttons attached by a chain

Trenchcoat-style patch above the bust

Military shoulder patches are attached on the back of the arms

Adjustable belt straps around the wrists

Heavily gathered peplum on the back

Former flap pockets are sewn inside the darts

Trenchcoat shoulder flaps are placed on the shoulder blades

Vertical backed slit along the spine

Puffy shoulders, in the ‘leg o’ mutton’ style

Overlock stitching on the seams

Lightweight denim-like fabric

Unlined

From the spring 2006 runway collection

 

Condition: 3/5

Regular wear with small spot on the top of one shoulder

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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