Comme des Garçons/Junya Watanabe discussion thread

[bill]

A thread for pictures, videos, interviews and anything else CDG-related.

collections (what we have so far / I'll try to post them in the next days):

+ Comme des Garçons

Mens

Homme Plus Fall / Winter 2012

Homme Plus Spring / Summer 2012

Homme Plus Fall / Winter 2010

Homme Plus Spring / Summer 2010

Homme Plus Spring / Summer 2009

Homme Plus Spring / Summer 2008

Homme Plus Fall / Winter 2007

Womens

Fall / Winter 2011

Spring / Summer 2011

Fall / Winter 2010

Spring / Summer 2010

Fall / Winter 2009

Spring / Summer 2009

Fall / Winter 2005

Spring / Summer 2003

Fall / Winter 2002

+ Junya Watanabe

Mens

Fall / Winter 2012

Fall / Winter 2011

Spring / Summer 2011

Fall / Winter 2010

Spring / Summer 2009

Spring / Summer 2008

Fall / Winter 2007

Womens

Fall / Winter 2011

Fall / Winter 2010

Spring / Summer 2010

Fall / Winter 2009

Spring / Summer 2009

Fall / Winter 2007

Fall / Winter 2006

Whizkit is running the good peoplewearingcommedesgarçons tumblr.

Also two other tumblrs about CdG&co:

http://fuckyeahreikawakubo.tumblr.com/

http://fuckyeahcommedesgarcons.tumblr.com/

[makerofthings]

awesome thread, about time someone started one on CDG/Junya.

i thought junya's A/W11 MAN collection was so incredible. i picked up quite a few pieces but still want more. think he's dropped the ball a bit this year, although there's still a few things i have an eye on.

the new CDG Homme stuff is really nice too - a good hybrid of the CDGH+ and JWM collections.

[F*** U pay me]

I am really much into Junya stuff for some seasons. I agree with you that the Junya collection of last winter was amazing, one of my personal favorites.

And the Junya women SS12 dresses are really great.

Homme plus is really special for 2 seasons. The romantic pirate punk is not my cup of tea.

[ffatt]

Is there a stockist list out there for where to buy in the USA? I know the main stockists, but none had the piece I wanted last season.

[seven.homme]

[Warakia]

That blue North Face jacket is incredible, where to cop online?

[seven.homme]

i dont think it will be available online .. best bets via proxy or local cdg store ..

[frasier oiseau]

Kind of sucks that this thread is never used

Junya Watanabe Man AW12 Editorial in Grind

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[frasier oiseau]

 

 

Yesterday, I hung out for a good portion of the day at Comme des Garcons, talking to folks. Despite the impression of surprise and playfulness left by the Comme des Garcons shops, which are designed by Rei Kawakubo and Toshiaki Oshiba (a collaboration that goes back more than 30 years), the headquarters are a no-frills, no-nonsense workspace: cutting tables, mannequins, offices, what you might expect. Tao Kurihara is warm, thoughtful, slightly impish and easy to talk to. She is no pushover, I felt. Tao giggled with something like alarm when I casually asked what she’s planning for her fall show. Such information is a secret at Comme des Garcons; nobody knows what the different studios are working on until their respective shows, in Paris, and everybody at CdG respects that.

I loved my chat with Junya Watanabe. Junya is someone with a strong sense of character—that’s evident when you talk to him—and a good sense of humor. Of course, as many people in the fashion world know, Junya is also a man of few words. You have to tug and persist and avoid questions that can be answered with a yes or a no, though he will frequently answer that way. We had a productive conversation about Comme des Garcons and other matters and then as we were winding up, Junya smiled and said, “Can I ask you a question?â€

“Fire away,†I said.

Junya wanted to know, in essence, how a critic views a designer’s clothes—not just his but any designer’s clothes. He asked if I was guided by personal taste, and I said no or rarely. I explained that I looked at each designer differently, based on their objectives and audience. I told him I consider their work over the long term; after all, great designers sometimes have bad shows. I told him that I consider what else might be going on in a house to influence a designer’s choices that season—commercial pressures, for instance. I think that’s reasonable and fair. After all, one of the problems that we all face in life is a lack of information—sometimes we might make a better decision if we just had a little more information. That’s just as true for fashion collections as it is for relationships. I mentioned the blog and I said that there is clearly a preference to discuss the fashion leaders—the real designers—and not the celebrity hunters, etc. Junya seemed surprised that I held different designers to different standards.

Shouldn’t you treat them all the same, he asked.

I said, no, not at all, pointing that Junya holds himself to a pretty high creative standard. Not every designer struggles to come up with something new and technically innovative.

He was so talkative. It was fun. Then he asked me if I thought creativity was important in fashion.

Maybe Junya felt that the world cared less and less for creative design, maybe he was working on something particular in his studio and didn’t yet have the answer. I don’t know. I just told him what I thought. I said, “I think it’s the most important thing of all.†He drew his head back and a smile rapidly appeared on his face. I said I’d see him in Paris.

 

 

[frasier oiseau]

Tao (Tao Kurihara's womenswear Line)

 

AW10

SS10

AW09

SS09

AW08

SS08

AW07

SS07

AW06

SS06

AW05

 

e: going to get a haircut, will post SS09 to 06 when I get back

[frasier oiseau]

 

Nobuyoshi Arakai wearing Comme des Garçons in Switch Magazine

[Tobi]

anyone know where i can get this jacket online? 

 

[gojanij]

Anybody know what season this comme des garcons homme shirt is? Also anybody know where i can maybe purchase one?