In Tokyo, young men walked in and out of light pools at the Comme des Garçons Homme Plus exhibition. “The creation can arise in a dark place where not only the scene but the six senses come in,” Rei Kawakubo wrote in an emailed statement. “In this world sunk in darkness we need to find and discover something new.”
Fans who have spent her life analyzing Kawakubo ‘s work from the’ 80s – with very little word left – are excited by her recent attempt at communication. Also, by moving her tone; with fortunes and inquisitive minds, she seems to be saying, we can get through this!
Anyway, distance though, the sixth sense didn’t need to recognize that this was just a good collection from Kawakubo, with a full set of outerwear with a look she makes as well for men. She told the Darkroom collection, saying: “Just as pictures reflect their images in the darkroom, so creation, development and progress, we believe, can come from out of darkness. ”
As the swaggering boys moved toward the camera, it was possible to capture the proportions – usually 3/4 length coats – and then get a closer look at the fluency and texture of the clothing. In some of these silhouettes the proportion of jackets was oversize; they tore a little as the boys walked. Very large varieties were offered: coats made of black vinyl, some made of silk brocade, others in window gray and white. Impossible to count all of them – Kawakubo was constantly changing clothes, sometimes loading books to the front in the form of draped scarves, adding fringes and occasionally throwing in a shirt dress -t and ‘dress’ hoodie as subs.
Part of Kawakubo’s authority in menswear lies in how Homme Plus effortlessly transcends age groups and end use. The light on the white tailoring, in particular, illuminated her prowess at regular courtship – these are clothing for city professionals, architects, artists, musicians, and hipsters and those who want to be like that. And for the edgy boys, there was a moment for black and white legs with straight stripes, well-seated and sexy with a kitten-heeled accessory, patent black Jan Janes.
On the head – as you saw early – are headpieces made of women’s black high heels. This is the work of African American sculptor Willie Cole, who saw the work on the reinstatement of Kawakubo’s “common ground for proposing new ideas” in an exhibition in the days without Chovid. Cole’s original was a mask made of pumps; Kawakubo asked the artist to make hat versions for the show.
The CDG Willie Cole X also expands to prints on much of the outfit. Somehow, they managed all of this, separated by continents, in the most difficult year that most people have suffered. But they went from a party that was, for all medium-sized stages, that was easily created creatively there with the men’s clothing season.