Comme Des Garçons
Designer: Rei Kawakubo

• “Kawakubo knows a thing or two about being rad.” [Dazed Digital]
• “There was nothing whatsoever commercial, in the traditional sense, about this collection. But Rei Kawakubo’s job is bigger than that. As ever, she invigorated her audience. And fashion.” [ELLEuk.com]
• “As ever, the workmanship on each look was outstanding, draping masses of fabric together to form giant exaggerated sleeves like wings, some padded and sculpted into abstract shapes.” [i-D Online]
• “So expansive were these ensembles, which clearly played on the whole man/woman dichotomy that fashion designers love to explore, that the models–in their spongy matted hairpieces and sturdy sneakers – had to turn to the side to let the next girl get by. It all made for a classic Comme collection. If you could ever describe anything Kawakubo does as classic.” [NOWFASHION]
• “It was interesting to see how feminine symbols, like rosettes, were absorbed into masculine tailoring–and how the masculine forms exploded into decoration.” [On The Runway/The New York Times]
• “If Rei Kawakubo’s Comme des Garçons collection last season was about ‘crushing,’ a kind of nuclear fusion of clothing, this collection was the big bang. It produced, as Kawakubo titled it, ‘the infinity of tailoring.’” [Style.com]
• “Pinstripes. Bigger stripes. Prince of Wales checks. Puppytooth, houndstooth, and every other scale of canine-bite-inspired fabric weaves known to menswear manufacturers. All these, and then some, were the materials that went into Comme des Garçons’ fall exploration.” [Vogue.com]
• “Perhaps it was a comment on commercialism and business–the suit being the ultimate badge of this–and how beauty (the roses and bows here) can still grow from that? Or maybe not.” [Vogue.com UK]
• “It’s the first time this season that bad taste looked so good.” [WWD]