Comme des Garçons: Crow Legacy
TOMORROW Aro Archive French Place will see the first instalment of three Comme des Garçons displays from Aro’s research archive. For this first focus, “CROW LEGACY”, we look at the continuing presence of the brand’s early signatures.
In the early Eighties, Rei Kawakubo’s followers were nicknamed “The Crows” by journalists.
Mysterious, darkly clad figures huddled around
fashion week locations in silhouettes that were softly surprising, innovatively intriguing…
Comme des Garçons’ early years presented a new type of goth. One with conceptual whimsy.
Historical tailoring of the West and Europe was explored using warped fabrics, boiled wools, and strange pairings of fabrication.
A new type of grunge was born, a grunge with nonchalant elegance.
The simplicity of this raw-edged formality is always popular with Aro Archive design clients who hire these early works to look at fabric and drape, as well as shop customers who enjoy the point of difference it offers the wearer from more traditional forms.