Nationality:
japanese
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
1973
Birth Place:
Tokyo, Japan
Fashion house founded by designer Rei Kawakubo (see separate entry) and co-owned by her husband Adrian Joffe.
Label started in Tokyo 1969 and established as a company in 1973. Debut show in Paris 1981. Other designers under the Comme des Garcons umbrella with their own sub-labels are Junya Watanabe and Tao Kurihara (separate entries).
Comme Des Garçons lines
designed by Rei Kawakubo:
▪ Comme des Garçons – main womenswear line (since 1973)
▪ Comme des Garçons Noir – black-dominated womenswear collection (since 1987)
▪ Comme des Garçons Comme Des Garçons – (a.k.a. 'Comme Comme') womenswear (since 1993)
▪ Comme des Garçons Homme Plus – main menswear line (since 1984)
▪ Comme des Garçons Homme Plus Sport - sporty subline of Homme Plus
▪ Comme des Garçons Homme Plus Evergreen – subline of Homme Plus, re-invented items from past collections (since 2005)
▪ Comme des Garçons Homme Deux - formal tailored menswear (since 1987)
▪ Comme des Garçons SHIRT – shirt-dominated collection (since 1988)
▪ Play Comme des Garçons – casual streetwear for younger men and women with bug-eyed heart logo (collaboration with New York graphic artist Filip Pagowski )
▪ Black Comme des Garçons – temporary womenswear and menswear low-priced diffusion line, sold in signature BLACK pop-up shops
designed by Junya Watanabe:
▪ Comme des Garçons Homme – menswear Japanese line (since 1978)
▪ Comme des Garçons Robe de Chambre - womenswear Japanese line (discontinued)
▪ Junya Watanabe Comme des Garçons – womenswear (since 1992)
▪ Junya Watanabe Comme des Garçons Man - menswear (since 2001)
▪ Junya Watanabe Comme des Garçons Man Pink – menswear items for women (discontinued)
designed by Tao Kurihara:
▪ Tao Comme des Garçons – womenswear (launched 2005, discontinued after spring 2011)
▪ Tricot Comme des Garçons – womenwear knits
