The queen of avant-garde from Paris, took as into a new dimension of fashion. Comme des Garcons for SS14 is not anymore Ready to Wear nor Haute Couture. It’s something that can be worn only by the mightiest people in the world. Structures, colours, recycling matter- this are the things that come to my mind after CDG show in Paris. I can’t speak. My heart stopped. AMAZING. ❤️
Yesterday in the evening I was viewing my old photographs from New York, just you know, for pleasure. But pleasure changed into inspiration. I found a small pic of a Mendini sculpture that is located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The colors, shape just stunned me. I was like, Oh my this Alessandro Mendini things is amazing. I took out my book about this designer that I bought in NY, and was like again, Oh my this is incredible. Yes, Alessandro Mendini is a amazing designer from Italy, that was not designing anything functional but just beautiful and experimental. He used some extraordinary creatures on his furniture and strong colors everywhere! He was bored with our grey existence, and decided to do something nobody else before. But, now, you for sure ask a question, why is a Comme des Garcons AW13 show snap doing on this post? Because my quirky imagination thought of this crazy collection and Mendini’s designs together! Rei Kawabuko is Comme des Garcons designer from the beginning, and her clothes are like a origami- always aesthetic and sophisticated. This season was about making a mascuine jacket an origami. Sounds strange. But as you see, looks great! And the prints plus forms are so similar to Mendini’s! Wow!
“Gingham print jacket in polyester and cupro with fabric flowers, wrinkle and cutout effects. Notched collar, long sleeves. Two buttons. Back vent. This fall-winter season, Rei Kawakubo offers a collection called “infinity of tailoring”, taking the man’s suit to absolute femininity. Sculpted jackets, wing sleeves, baggy pants and culottes, volumes in technicolor for a graphic, bold and contemporary silhouette. Fall-Winter collection 2013-14 by Rei Kawakubo
This is what Colette.com wrote about this amazing Comme des Garcons gingham printed jacket that previously looked like a high quality men jacket… and after a origami master attack it changed into a super amazing piece by the queen of Japanese fashion, Rei Kawabuko.
This fashion artpiece is still available on Colette.com in SMALL size and costs 2,700 EURO/275,940 YEN
These mind blowing sunglasses, handmade in entirely Japan and taking inspiration from architecture and machinery of the mid-20th century, these come from Thom Browne in collaboration with California-based eyewear manufacturer, Dita. When I saw them, here in Biarritz, I was like wow! They look really amazing! And this vintage appeal… They are both in white and black- unisex.
If you have a winter depression as most of people and want to make it even more noticeble, Gareth Pugh 2014 AW is just the right for you. Everything is dramatic, sad, deep and couture. Even the setting that is connected to the title of this post- no light! The windows were totally covered with timber. This is a talent to make the interior perfect for clothes!
Pugh showed his classics- leather gloves, capes in dark depressing colours, minimalistic plants on bottom of white maxi dresses…Everything is as for me a bit boring and totally not new. Like if Gareth didn’t make a progress but stopped in one place. 
But I have to admit that the outfit were the model wears a overloose white t-shirt on a black maxi dress looks stunning. So different from others. Everything has a kind of Asiatic inspiration if talking about structure. Wide sleeves, Kimono long jackets, Japanese prints with some “dead” sakura trees.
And the at the end there was a couture vibe- black stiff feathers on beautiful dresses and magnificient head decorations. But unfortunately that was not the best Gareth Pugh collection. There were better and more risk taking. Maybe next time…
Design & Culture by Ed 