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Paris Menswear A/W 2013
Comme Des Garçons

  • Hywel Davies reports on the Comme de Garcons show

    by Hywel Davies on 19 January 2013.

    Innocence and naivety seemed to be the thread for the collection and the non-contrived approach was refreshingly brilliant – both beautiful and slightly disconcerting.

    Rei Kawakubo invited editors and buyers to a chilly make-shift painted green room and played out a quintessentially entertaining collection inspired by teenagers and Technicolor cartoon characters.

    The enchanting collection explored Kawakubo’s signature slouchy silhouettes, opening with a textured pink coat and leather cap that sprouted rabbit ears. The story continued with a medley of pink, yellow, taupe and red roomy outfits worn on young boys wearing awkward and curly bobbed wigs.

    Adolescent was clearly a theme as boys-in-tailcoats, long blazers, floppy jackets, capri-length drop-crotch pants and over sized hoodies were presented with a careful softness. Interior fabrics and oddball colour combinations explored Kawakubo’s fascination with taste and texture.

    Innocence and naivety seemed to be the thread for the collection and the non-contrived approach was refreshingly brilliant – both beautiful and slightly disconcerting. Stephen Jones who crafted black caps sprouting Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny ears endorsed Kawakubo’s kitsch capers.

    Kawakubo prophesying a fey approach to menswear isn’t a new direction but the exploration of textures and complex hues is intrinsically Comme. The designer has a magical ability to capture the moment in menswear and the audience was spell bound by her latest contribution.

    Later this year Comme des Garçons will open a New York-based version of their Dover Street Market store proving the canny ability of Kawakubo and her team to on one hand present activist fashion and simultaneously build a hugely commercial business.

  • Comme des Garçons: Panel discussion

    Broadcast on 18 Jan 2013

    Colin McDowell, joined by Richard Gray, Harriet Verney, Marie Schuller and Lou Stoppard, discuss the Comme des Garçons show live on 18 January 2013 at 16:50 GMT.

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  • Liv McMahon @Liv_McMahon

    The Comme Des Garçons Homme Plus show @ #pfw is making me want to be a man with all it's wonderful pinkness & bunny eared caps. 🐰🐰 #fashion

    18 Jan 2013
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  • Instagram by @paprikette at 17:31 Fri 18 Jan 2013
  • Instagram by @zentanishida at 17:04 Fri 18 Jan 2013
  • Cathy Horyn @CathyHorynNYT

    "Think pink," Rei Kawakubo might have intoned. Her Comme des Garçons men were suited in pink and white, in bedroomy chenille, with trim.

    18 Jan 2013
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  • Instagram by @noblepauper at 16:46 Fri 18 Jan 2013
  • Dazed Fashion Team @Dazed_Fashion

    Comme des Garcons Homme Plus http://t.co/duCJFcw5

    18 Jan 2013
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  • Vogue.fr @VogueParis

    Veste rouge, chemise bleue et pantalon rose pâle au défilé Comme des Garçons #Homme Plus #PFW #Menswear http://t.co/JXOtm4A9

    18 Jan 2013
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  • CC_DO @CC_Oliveira

    Colorful collection at Comme des Garçons, but already fan. Mainly about those rabbits-cap. #pfw

    18 Jan 2013
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  • Collete, Ralf A.L.L @rcollete

    2. See SHOW: the Fall Winter 2013 collection COMME des GARCON ‏ @rei_kawakubot #CommedesGarcons #PFW #Menswear #Fa http://t.co/GH7ZBwWD

    18 Jan 2013
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  • Collete, Ralf A.L.L @rcollete

    1. See SHOW: the Fall Winter 2013 collection COMME des GARCON ‏ @rei_kawakubot #CommedesGarcons #PFW #Menswear #Fa http://t.co/7rdnpeBs

    18 Jan 2013
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  • HERO @hero_magazine

    Aforementioned bunny ears #commedesgarçons #pfw http://t.co/LRyaEHv2

    18 Jan 2013
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  • i-D magazine @iD_magazine

    Into the rabbit hole: pink geometry and bunny ears at Comme des Garcons #PFW http://t.co/w3BewpFZ

    18 Jan 2013
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  • Esquire Malaysia @esquiremy

    MFW Paris AW13: Commes des Garçons: "In the green rm waiting for Comme des Garçons Homme Plus to start." JC @esquiresg http://t.co/hD9IcspU

    18 Jan 2013
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  • Instagram by @djoffrie at 14:51 Fri 18 Jan 2013

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