Comme des Garcons 1990s Women's Houndstooth Trousers
View Similar Items
Comme des Garcons 1990s Women's Houndstooth Trousers
About the Item
- Designer:
- Brand:
- Dimensions:Marked Size: Large (JP)Waist: 29 in (73.66 cm)
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Material Notes:100% Wool
- Condition:
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU499356732
Rei Kawakubo
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.
Perhaps no designer better embodies fashion cool than Kawakubo. And when she makes industry veterans lose their cool, well, that’s a fashion moment. 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 — her designs for widely loved vintage Comme des Garçons dresses, shirts and other clothing and accessories 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. For Kawakubo, the body is a mere support, an easel that holds the canvas on which she exercises her formidable creative energy in a perpetual quest to invent a brave new world using fabric, or its equivalent, as her brushstroke. Today's enthusiasts of 1990s fashion revere Kawakubo for her progressive pink plaid grunge dresses, velvet jackets and nylon skirts of the era, which resembled little else back then. They were modeled by the likes of Naomi Campbell and other luminaries of the industry.
Even though the brand has over the years worked with other innovative designers such as Tao Kurihara and Junya Watanabe and has launched 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.
Find vintage Rei Kawakubo shirts, jackets, day dresses and other clothing on 1stDibs.
- Yves Saint Laurent by Tom Ford FW-2003 Higher Waist Cotton PantsBy Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive GaucheLocated in Brussels, BEMenswear shapes were a constant source of inspiration for French designer Yves Saint Laurent. He put women in tailored pants and tuxedo suits, which created outrage in the late 1960s...Category
Early 2000s Italian Pants
- Versace V2 red roses pattern cropped trousers, early 2000sBy Gianni Versace, V2 Versace ClassicLocated in Milano, IT- Early 2000s period - Sold by Skof.Archive - Versace Classic V2 designed by Gianni Versace - The pattern depicts white roses throughout features - Botton closure - Stretchy fabri...Category
Early 2000s Italian Pants
$439 Sale Price20% Off - Versace Classic V2 1990's Cropped TrousersBy V2 Versace ClassicLocated in Scottsdale, AZThese are an ultra-rare pair of Versace trousers with a paired-back pattern and cropped length. The pattern depicts blue dotted lines and cursive 'versace' throughout. Features button closure, strechy fabric, straight leg, and an ultra-high rise. Pair these with a Chanel button down...Category
1990s Italian Jeans
- Versace Jeans Couture Floral Embroidered JeansBy Versace Jeans CoutureLocated in Scottsdale, AZDon't miss out on the chance to get a beautifully detailed pair of Versace Jeans Couture. These feature intricate floral and letter embroidering in a beautiful color combo of purple,...Category
1990s Italian Jeans
- Versace Jeans Couture Sparkle Starfish Printed JeansBy Versace Jeans CoutureLocated in Scottsdale, AZThese Versace jeans speaks to the experimentation with denim in the 1990's. These jeans feature intentional distressing & fading, thick paint starfish print, & a moderate amount of g...Category
1990s Italian Pants
- 1960s Emilio Pucci PantsBy Emilio PucciLocated in Scottsdale, AZDo not miss out on these whimsical Emilio Pucci pants circa 1960s! Classic trouser style pants feature a hidden zipper and button closure at the side and flare out at the bottoms for...Category
1960s Italian Pants