Comme des Garçons
- Comme des Garçons was founded by Rei Kawakubo in 1969; the Japanese house is one of the originators of avant-garde fashion.
- Known for its challenging, intellectual take on fashion, the label explores themes like androgyny, deconstructionism and youth culture.
- The house includes over a dozen sub-labels, creating multiple lines of men's and women's fashion, accessories, jewelry and a highly-regarded fragrance program.
- In 2004 Comme des Garçons ventured into retail, opening a series of "guerilla" stores, typically only open for a year, in cities around the world.
- Comme des Garçons also operates Dover Street Market, a multi-brand concept store stocking the most progressive labels from around the world.
Elsewhere
- Feature on the state of Comme des Garçons, New York Times, February 2008.
- IHT feature on the opening of Dover Street Market.
- Comme des Garçons guerilla store website.
- Women's Collections on Style.com
- Men's Collections on Style.com
Media
Comme des Garçons Spring 2003
Comme des Garçons Spring 2008
Blog Posts Mentioning Comme des Garçons
Comme des Garcons Shirt Forever: One of the newer sub-labels of avant-garde lifestyle brand Comme des Garcons is Shirt Forever. The idea is the simple one: to create men's...(10 December 2008)
Behind the Scenes at Très Bien: For a peek into the inner workings of operating a cool boutique, look no further than Très Bien blog. Just look who is in the background of this...(13 October 2008)
Lil Shop: Comme des Garcons' guerilla stores are meant to be temporary experiments in avant-garde retail. But in the case of the very first guerilla...(11 April 2008)
Junya Watanabe for Comme des Garcons Shirt: Junya Watanabe for Comme Des Garcons women's dress shirt at Impulse ($358)(11 March 2008)
Comme des Garçons Socks: Comme des Garçons flower socks at Browns (£20)(15 February 2008)
Comme des Garcons 3D Wallet: Comme des Garcons 3D wallet at Otte(01 August 2007)
Dover Street Market Updates for Spring 2007: Dover Street Market did another update of its online shop last week. This time we have lots of pieces from the Comme des Garçons and Fred Perry...(18 April 2007)
Stores Carrying Comme des Garçons
| Store | Location | E-Commerce |
|---|---|---|
| Aloha Rag | Honolulu, HI United States | Yes |
| Anastasia | Laguna Beach, CA United States | Yes |
| Betty Lin | Seattle, WA United States | No |
| Browns Men | London, United Kingdom | No |
| Butch Blum | Seattle, WA United States | Yes |
| Carve | Costa Mesa, CA United States | No |
| Colette | Paris, France | Yes |
| Comme des Garçons | New York, NY United States | No |
| Douglas Fir | Los Angeles, CA United States | No |
| Dover Street Market | Tokyo, Japan | Yes |
| Dover Street Market | London, United Kingdom | Yes |
| IF Boutique | New York, NY United States | No |
| Ikram | Chicago, IL United States | No |
| Jeffrey | New York, NY United States | No |
| Jeffrey | Atlanta, GA United States | No |
| LEFT | Fitzroy, VIC Australia | No |
| Lucky Scent | Los Angeles, CA United States | Yes |
| Massimo Rubini | Sarzana, Italy | Yes |
| Nida | San Francisco, CA United States | No |
| Nomad | Toronto, ON Canada | No |
| Noodle Stories | Los Angeles, CA United States | No |
| OK | Los Angeles, CA United States | No |
| Otte | New York, NY United States | Yes |
| Otte | Brooklyn, NY United States | Yes |
| Relish | Washington, DC United States | No |
| Roden Gray | Vancouver, BC Canada | No |
| Sefton | London, United Kingdom | Yes |
| Sefton | London, United Kingdom | Yes |
| The Grocery Store | San Francisco, CA United States | No |
| The Grocery Store | Burlingame, CA United States | No |
| TNT Man | Toronto, ON Canada | No |
| TNT Woman | Toronto, ON Canada | No |
| TNT Woman | Toronto, ON Canada | No |
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