Comprised of a mixture of vintage furniture frames + fleshy biomorphic forms, Charlotte Kingsnorth ‘Hybreed’ collection, upon first sight, sparked images of Rei Kawakubo’s biomorphic forms for COMME des GARÇONS AW/10 – wouldn’t you agree? Besides style, what makes these chairs extra special is how the chair frames are either hand selected by the designer or […]
For Fall, COMMES des GARÇONS Beautifully Demonstrates How Tailoring Has No Limits
Conventionally, we are used to pants only having two legs + jackets only having two arms, but when there’s any change involved that affects either, it usually includes a change in width, draping, length, stitching + fit. Yet, in Rei Kawakubo’s hands, she redefined + challenged convention, resulting in pushing the limits of tailoring, where […]
If you haven’t picked up your November issue of Dazed & Confused yet, you’re crazy! On newstands now, not only do you have NY style icon Iris Apfel werqing COMMES des GARCONS (CDG) on the cover, you also get to escape with the help of the outer world esthetic of this special arts issue. Iris, still amazing at 90* years old, […]