$3,648Sale Price|20% Off
COMME DES GARCONS 1988 Runway black white chessboard checkered bomber skirt S
By Comme des Garçons, Rei Kawakubo
Located in Hong Kong, NT
COMME DES GARCONS 1988 Runway black white chessboard checkered bomber skirt S Reference: CRTI
$562Sale Price|25% Off
Runway COMME DES GARCONS Vintage 1988 black wool braid red embroidery skirt M
By Rei Kawakubo, Comme des Garçons
Located in Hong Kong, NT
Runway COMME DES GARCONS Vintage 1988 black wool braid red embroidery skirt M Reference: CRTI
$600Sale Price|20% Off
COMME DES GARCONS Vintage 1988 cream wool braid black lattice embroidery skirt M
By Rei Kawakubo, Comme des Garçons
Located in Hong Kong, NT
COMME DES GARCONS Vintage 1988 cream wool braid black lattice embroidery skirt M Reference: CRTI
$376Sale Price|20% Off
vintage COMME DES GARCONS 1988 black chinese knot semi detached hem blazer S
By Comme des Garçons, Rei Kawakubo
Located in Hong Kong, NT
vintage COMME DES GARCONS 1988 black chinese knot semi detached hem blazer S Reference: CRTI/A00369
$664Sale Price|20% Off
COMME DES GARCINS 1988 Runway Vintage cream black lattice lace flared skirt S
By Comme des Garçons, Rei Kawakubo
Located in Hong Kong, NT
/A00645 Brand: Comme Des Garcons Designer: Rei Kawakubo Collection: 1988 - Runway Material: Wool Color
Unavailable
Comme des Garcons Jacket Coat AD 1988
By Rei Kawakubo, Comme des Garçons
Located in Berlin, DE
Comme des Garcons jacket / coat from AD 1988. The half of front panel has been removed, leaving
1988 Comme des Garcons Black Velvet Skirt
By Rei Kawakubo, Comme des Garçons
Located in Austin, TX
1988 Comme des Garcons black velvet skirt. Condition: very good. Size Medium 28" waist, 36
1988 COMME DES GARCONS pleated black wool pants with silk satin waistband
By Rei Kawakubo, Comme des Garçons
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Jet-black, pleated, wool pants with silk satin waistband designed by Rei Kawakubo for Comme Des
Comme des Garçons cream wool hooded jacket, fw 1988
By Comme des Garçons
Located in London, GB
Comme des Garçons cream wool button up jacket with pointed hood which can be tied around the head
COMME DES GARCONS 1988 Runway Vintage cream striped baroque jacquard skirt M
By Comme des Garçons
Located in Hong Kong, NT
COMME DES GARCONS 1988 Runway Vintage cream striped baroque jacquard skirt M Reference: CRTI
vintage COMME DES GARCONS 1988 red paisley embroidered belted moumou dress M
By Comme des Garçons
Located in Hong Kong, NT
vintage COMME DES GARCONS 1988 red paisley embroidered belted moumou dress M Reference: CRTI
COMME DES GARCONS Vintage 1988 black bi-fabric sheer deconstructed dress S
By Comme des Garçons
Located in Hong Kong, NT
COMME DES GARCONS Vintage 1988 black bi-fabric sheer deconstructed dress S Reference: CRTI/A00604
COMME DES GARCONS 1988 Runway black white checkered bomber skirt set S
By Comme des Garçons
Located in Hong Kong, NT
COMME DES GARCONS 1988 Runway black white checkered bomber skirt set S Reference: CRTI/A00496
COMME DES GARCONS Vintage 1988 cream wool braid black lattice embroidery skirt M
By Comme des Garçons
Located in Hong Kong, NT
COMME DES GARCONS Vintage 1988 cream wool braid black lattice embroidery skirt M Reference: CRTI
COMME DES GARCONS Vintage 1988 black wool braid red lattice embroidery skirt M
By Comme des Garçons
Located in Hong Kong, NT
COMME DES GARCONS Vintage 1988 black wool braid red lattice embroidery skirt M Reference: CRTI
vintage COMME DES GARCONS 1988 black wool plunge neck pullover blazer jacket S
By Comme des Garçons
Located in Hong Kong, NT
vintage COMME DES GARCONS 1988 black wool plunge neck pullover blazer jacket S Reference: CRTI
vintage COMME DES GARCONS 1988 black chinese knot semi detached hem blazer S
By Comme des Garçons
Located in Hong Kong, NT
vintage COMME DES GARCONS 1988 black chinese knot semi detached hem blazer S Reference: CRTI
COMME DES GARCONS 1988 black navy polka dot dual layer draped front blazer S
By Comme des Garçons
Located in Hong Kong, NT
COMME DES GARCONS 1988 black navy polka dot dual layer draped front blazer S Reference: TGAS/A01157
vintage COMME DES GARCONS 1988 Runway oriental button drape sleeve blazer S
By Comme des Garçons, Rei Kawakubo
Located in Hong Kong, NT
vintage COMME DES GARCONS 1988 Runway oriental button drape sleeve blazer S Brand: Comme Des
COMME DES GARCONS 1988 black navy polka dot dual layer draped front blazer S
By Comme des Garçons, Rei Kawakubo
Located in Hong Kong, NT
COMME DES GARCONS 1988 black navy polka dot dual layer draped front blazer S Reference: TGAS/A01157
COMME DES GARCINS 1988 Runway Vintage cream black lattice lace flared skirt S
By Comme des Garçons
Located in Hong Kong, NT
/A00645 Brand: Comme Des Garcons Designer: Rei Kawakubo Collection: 1988 Runway Material: Wool Color
1988 Comme Des Garcons Black Wool Tuxedo
By Comme des Garçons
Located in Toronto, Ontario
1988 black wool Comme des Garcons tuxedo pant suit. Double breasted jacket is cropped at the waist
vintage COMME DES GARCONS 1988 100% wool primary color stripe skirt S
By Comme des Garçons
Located in Hong Kong, NT
vintage COMME DES GARCONS 1988 100% wool primary color stripe skirt S Reference: CRTI/A00384
vintage COMME DES GARCONS 1988 cobalt blue wool attached glove t-shirt top M
By Comme des Garçons
Located in Hong Kong, NT
vintage COMME DES GARCONS 1988 cobalt blue wool attached glove t-shirt top M Reference: CRTI
vintage COMME DES GARCONS 1988 black wool plunge neck pullover blazer jacket S
By Comme des Garçons, Rei Kawakubo
Located in Hong Kong, NT
vintage COMME DES GARCONS 1988 black wool plunge neck pullover blazer jacket S Reference: CRTI
1988 Comme des Garcons Tuxedo
By Comme des Garçons
Located in US
Vintage 1988 early Comme des Garcons tuxedo in the style of Marlene Detreich and Fred Astaire
Comme des Garcons Green Linen Boxy Jacket 1988
By Comme des Garçons, Rei Kawakubo
Located in London, GB
Comme des Garcons Green Linen Boxy Jacket 1988 Rare late 80's Comme des Garcons. A broad shoulder
Comme des Garcons Homme 1989 Sweater Staff Heavy Cotton Jumper AD 1988
By Comme des Garcons Homme, Rei Kawakubo
Located in Berlin, DE
COMME des GARÇONS HOMME 1989 white logo is screen-printed on the back. This was a staff-only piece
John Galliano Vintage Lavender Gown Spring/Summer Size 36FR
By John Galanos
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
John Galliano Vintage Lavender Silk and Lace Gown with Faint Pink and Lavender Flair Spring/Summer Size 36FR. Measurements: Bust 34" Waist 27" Hips 34" Gown is cut on the bias and ...
AlexanderMcQueen HandCutSilkChiffon UniquelyDrapedWool Black Gown Dress, 2002
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Chicago, IL
Alexander McQueen (1969-2010) designed this curvaceous uniquely-draped wool and hand-shredded intricately-ruched silk-chiffon black evening-gown cocktail-dress for his Autumn/Winter ...
1989 COMME DES GARCONS black asymmetrical one shoulder wrap dress
By Comme des Garçons, Rei Kawabuko
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Black, asymmetrical one shoulder dress with wrap around pleated skirt designed by Rei Kawakubo for Comme Des Garcons dating to 1989. Size 'M'. Approximate measurement at interior of ...
Comme des Garcons "Folded Wings" Sheer Embroidered Dress
By Comme des Garçons, Issey Miyake
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1997 A/W Comme des Garcons sculptural shape of folded wings in an intersting fabrication. As seen on the runway. Fashioned of wool and poly in a soft shade of yellow with gold leaf ...
JUNYA WATANABE COMME DES GARÇONS Linen Knee-Length Dress
By Junya Watanabe Comme des Garçons
Located in New York, NY
JUNYA WATANABE COMME DES GARÇONS Linen Knee-Length Dress Bust: 46" Waist: 42" Hip: 38" Length: 37.5" Fabric: 100% Linen FINAL SALE
2001 COMME DES GARCONS floral velvet jacket with ruffled collar
By Comme des Garçons
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Beautiful floral velvet jacket with ruffled neckline designed by Rei Kawakubo for Comme Des Garcons dating to fall of 2001. This listing is for the jacket only however the matching s...
Stunning Yves Saint Laurent by Alber Elbaz Bugle Beaded Sheath, F/W 2000
By Alber Elbaz for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Stunning Yves Saint Laurent by Alber Elbaz Fully Bugle Beaded Sheath from the 2000's. Simple yet elegant cut as a hand embroidered liquid pour of east-west silvered bugle beads. Stro...
Gorgeous Iconic Thierry Mugler Gown SS1999 Evening Dress Silver Lucite Details
By Thierry Mugler
Located in Berlin, BE
Museum worthy collectors piece. Absolutely gorgeous documented Thierry Mugler dress, Spring Summer 1999 Collection. Documented on the runway as well as on the iconic portrait of Man...
Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent FW 2002 Iconic Runway Silk Black Blouse Jacket
By Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Berlin, BE
Stunning creation by Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent Fall/Winter 2002 Collection. Runway and editorial documented black silk taffeta blouse or jacket with velvet trim accents. Can a...
Alexander McQueen purple silk taffeta evening jacket, fw 2007
By Alexander McQueen
Located in London, GB
Introducing a captivating Alexander McQueen evening jacket from the autumn-winter 2007 collection. This jacket is a true representation of the brand's innovative design and luxurious...
ALEXANDER McQUEEN S/S 2000 “Eye” Runway Red Black Leather Cut Out Vest Jacket
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Thiensville, WI
ALEXANDER McQUEEN S/S 2000 “Eye” Runway Red Black Leather Cut Out Vest Jacket Brand / Manufacturer: Alexander McQueen Collection: Spring / Summer 2000 “Eye” Runway look #50 Style...
$21,000
Size: 42 (FR) Vintage
Givenchy Couture John Galliano F/W 1996 Red Snakeskin Trim Plunge Back Gown
By Givenchy, John Galliano
Located in Chicago, IL
A most rare piece designed by John Galliano for the Givenchy Couture Fall Winter 1996 collection. Same style worn by supermodel Shalom Harlow on the runway. Documented in a fashion a...
Alexander McQueen FW 2002 Black Silk Blouse Top Jacket
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Berlin, BE
In the captivating language of Alexander McQueen's FW 2002 "Supercalifragilistic" Collection, this jacket or blouse is a poetic embodiment of elegance and drama. Its sleek black Silk...
NWT Tom Ford For Yves Saint Laurent F/W 2002 Black Velvet & Leather Suit Fr 40
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Montgomery, TX
Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent Black Velvet, Lace & Leather Jacket + Matching Velvet Pants F/W 2002 Look #28 French size - 40 ( US - 8 ) Fabric: 100% Leather; Velvet: 100%, Visco...
Vivienne Westwood SS 2020 Cocoon Dress Stunning Gown
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in Berlin, BE
Vivienne Westwood SS 2020 Dress New, unworn Cut from beautiful flower jacquard fabric, tailored with voluminous elements and frayed gathered seams for a patchwork effect. The cotton...
2011 Vivienne Westwood blue taffeta off shoulder gown
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in Austin, TX
Vivienne Westwood blue taffeta gown gold label off the shoulder, fishtail train fitted waist Condition: fair, water damage at hem, see video. Bust 34" , Waist 25" , Hips 39", Lengt...
Comme des Garçons is one of the world’s most innovative and trailblazing fashion brands, helmed by its inimitable founder, Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo (b. 1942), who has a penchant for breaking fashion and cultural norms. The only living designer apart from Yves Saint Laurent to have a retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, Kawakubo has permanently changed fashion with designs that challenge traditional ideas of beauty with a creative and transgressive exuberance.
After studying art and literature at Keio University in Tokyo, Kawakubo worked as a freelance stylist before establishing her own label in 1969. Comme des Garçons — which is also known as CDG — officially launched in 1973, and Kawakubo opened her first store in Tokyo three years later. She has since been instrumental in pioneering many concepts now familiar in contemporary fashion.
One of Kawakubo's most iconic moves was her introduction of androgynous styles (Comme des Garçons means “like the boys” in French) with asymmetrical, twisted silhouettes that envelope the body. While she told the New York Times that the “basics of clothing lie in men’s fashion,” Kawakubo believes in the concept of humanness in clothes (she titled her spring 1995 show “Transcending Gender”).
In the 1970s, when color-blocking was the norm, Kawakubo stuck to her monochromatic color palette dominated by shades of black with uncompromising dedication, although with evocative and powerful use of red and white.
Comme des Garçons is also known for an often shocking take on fashion. Deconstructed tailoring, violently slashed fabric and sculptural shapes are some themes that run through the brand’s collections, but Kawakubo never explains the meaning of her conceptual pieces, which fall somewhere between art and fashion.
Designer Junya Watanabe, who worked alongside Kawakubo for nearly a decade, operates an atelier based within the Tokyo headquarters of Comme des Garçons, and he established a line under Kawakubo's label in the early 1990s. Since then, even though the brand has launched additional lines and more commercial offshoots like PLAY, known by the iconic heart motif with eyes, the premier men’s line Homme Plus and the multilabel Dover Street Market that opened in 2004, the essence of Comme des Garçons remains Kawakubo’s otherworldly and undefinable creations, which are impossible to ignore.
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