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...STORES WORLDWIDE Comme des Garçons Line up for the cheap-and-chic retailer's latest collaboration with Comme des Garçons' avant-garde designer Rei Kawakubo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calendar | 11/17/2008 | See Source »

...going to Sweden. She and her team are banking on the fact that H&M's relationship with Japan is already a strong one. Tokyo has even been a source of inspiration for H&M's designers, as reflected in the company's most recent designer collaboration with Rei Kawakubo's high-fashion label, Comme des Garcons. "Japanese usually pick one piece here, one piece there and put it together. That makes it a challenge," says Andersson. "It puts high demand on what we deliver." So will tomorrow's lines outside the Harajuku store...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: H&M Still Winning Tokyo Hearts — and Wallets | 11/7/2008 | See Source »

Junya Watanabe-a Tokyo-based protege of Rei Kawakubo-is one of the most audacious talents on the runway, and his spring show was a study in how to take formal fabrics like jacquard, barathea and even white cotton shirting and reconstruct them in slender, Edwardian shapes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Having Fun With Formality | 10/3/2006 | See Source »

...Tokyo designer Tao Kurihara, 32, has quietly grabbed the fashion world's eye with her delicate corsets and innovative handkerchief-inspired trench coats. A protégé of Rei Kawakubo, Tao graduated from London's Central Saint Martins design school before going to work for Comme des Garçons. She is among a handful of designers to watch in Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A to Z | 11/29/2005 | See Source »

That idea of society and politesse distinguishes the attitude of this generation of Asian designers. Whereas Japanese designers like Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons and Yohji Yamamoto, who emerged on the Paris fashion scene in the early 1980s, were about pushing the boundaries of fashion and making radical statements on the runway--all black palettes, jackets with three sleeves--this new group looks generally to more classical and conservative muses. Panichgul is inspired by Cecil Beaton photographs. Chow--who showed bed jackets made of sequins stamped out of Coca-Cola cans and embroidered brocade coats inspired by Masai patterns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VISIONS FROM THE EAST | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

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