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Comme des Garçons

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Rei Kawakubo's label, founded in 1969 and shown in Paris, where it keeps its main office. Beyond the runway it runs perfume and jewelry, and its stores host other brands' shops: BAPE's Osaka store sits inside Comme des Garçons Osaka.

Founded
1969
Founder
Rei Kawakubo
Based
Paris

Comme des Garçons news

Key moments

  1. 1969

    Rei Kawakubo began making and selling womenswear under the Comme des Garçons name.

  2. 1981

    Rei Kawakubo presented her first Paris runway show for Comme des Garçons.

  3. October 1996

    Comme des Garçons presented its Spring/Summer 1997 collection, reshaping the body with asymmetric padding.

  4. 2002

    Comme des Garçons launched PLAY, featuring a heart logo designed by Filip Pagowski.

  5. September 2004

    Rei Kawakubo and Adrian Joffe opened the first Dover Street Market in London.

  6. November 2008

    The Comme des Garçons collection for H&M launched in Tokyo before its international release.

  7. 2009

    Comme des Garçons PLAY and Converse released their first sneaker collaboration.

  8. May 2017

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between.