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Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time

Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All Time | Comme des Garçons Autumn/Winter 2012, March 3, 2012

15 October 2020 • By Tim Blanks

BoF’s Editor-at-Large revisits a Rei Kawakubo riddle that took years to decode.

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Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time

Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All Time | Comme des Garçons Autumn/Winter 2012, March 3, 2012

BoF’s Editor-at-Large revisits a Rei Kawakubo riddle that took years to decode.
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Ready-to-Wear Autumn 2020

Should Fashion Shows Have a Theme?

1 March 2020 • By Angelo Flaccavento

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Ready-to-Wear Autumn 2020

Should Fashion Shows Have a Theme?

Theme-less outings that emphasised technique over narrative scored on the fifth day of Paris Fashion Week, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
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Ready-to-Wear Autumn 2020

Comme des Garçons' Neo Future

1 March 2020 • By Tim Blanks

There was optimism in this collection.

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Ready-to-Wear Autumn 2020

Comme des Garçons' Neo Future

There was optimism in this collection.
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Aristocratic Extravaganza at Comme des Garçons

29 September 2019 • By Tim Blanks

Though Rei Kawakubo has made a speciality of moments of high drama, there is nevertheless the nagging notion that her challenges to fashion orthodoxy have taken on a tinge of predictability.

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Aristocratic Extravaganza at Comme des Garçons

Though Rei Kawakubo has made a speciality of moments of high drama, there is nevertheless the nagging notion that her challenges to fashion orthodoxy have taken on a tinge of predictability.
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Operatic Decadence at Comme des Garçons

24 June 2019 • By Tim Blanks

Here, an oily quilted jacket over a crocheted top or a dark brocade trailing threads was less suggestive of menswear — or womenswear, for that matter — than a faded aristocracy.

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Operatic Decadence at Comme des Garçons

Here, an oily quilted jacket over a crocheted top or a dark brocade trailing threads was less suggestive of menswear — or womenswear, for that matter — than a faded aristocracy.
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Podcasts

The BoF Podcast: Tim Blanks on the Autumn 2019 Season

9 March 2019 • By BoF Team

9 March 2019 • By BoF Team

BoF's editor-at-large sits down with Imran Amed to discuss the commercial potential of bourgeois style, Fendi and Chanel's emotional farewell to Karl Lagerfeld, and the cultural impact of fashion's reflection on social issues.
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Podcasts

The BoF Podcast: Tim Blanks on the Autumn 2019 Season

BoF's editor-at-large sits down with Imran Amed to discuss the commercial potential of bourgeois style, Fendi and Chanel's emotional farewell to Karl Lagerfeld, and the cultural impact of fashion's reflection on social issues.
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News Bites

A Dover Street Market Alum Breaks Out on His Own

5 March 2019 • By Kati Chitrakorn

5 March 2019 • By Kati Chitrakorn

Hirotaka Sasako went from shop floor to buyer at Dover Street Market after impressing Rei Kawakubo. Now, he’s opening his own multi-brand store in Tokyo, stocking buzzy brands like Wales Bonner, Namacheko and Stefan Cooke.
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A Dover Street Market Alum Breaks Out on His Own

Hirotaka Sasako went from shop floor to buyer at Dover Street Market after impressing Rei Kawakubo. Now, he’s opening his own multi-brand store in Tokyo, stocking buzzy brands like Wales Bonner, Namacheko and Stefan Cooke.
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The End is Nigh at Comme des Garçons

3 March 2019 • By Tim Blanks

Rei Kawakubo drew on a repertoire of the most civilised dress, but mutated her finery with hard industrial elements. The impact of this dystopian couture was stunning: society through a glass darkly.

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The End is Nigh at Comme des Garçons

Rei Kawakubo drew on a repertoire of the most civilised dress, but mutated her finery with hard industrial elements. The impact of this dystopian couture was stunning: society through a glass darkly.
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Swan Diving Into the Abyss at Comme des Garçons

21 January 2019 • By Tim Blanks

Buried in the murk were artfully doubled jackets, skillful new proportions and intriguing decorative elements. But is creativity enough in the darkness? Maybe not.

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Swan Diving Into the Abyss at Comme des Garçons

Buried in the murk were artfully doubled jackets, skillful new proportions and intriguing decorative elements. But is creativity enough in the darkness? Maybe not.
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The Power of Woman at Comme des Garçons

30 September 2018 • By Tim Blanks

Garments burst open by a female belly were an intense reminder of the primal power of pregnancy.

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The Power of Woman at Comme des Garçons

Garments burst open by a female belly were an intense reminder of the primal power of pregnancy.
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