Ensemble

Design House Comme des Garçons Japanese
 Designer Rei Kawakubo Japanese

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Honoring the tradition of the man's suit while literally tearing it apart, Kawakubo assaults the suit, tearing at the lapels into the aftermath of a ripping, gnashing struggle. The soigné sartorial catalogue of "suitings" is rendered raw, in a Levi-Strauss sense, and brutal, basic, and visible as a fashion process.

Ensemble, Comme des Garçons (Japanese, founded 1969), wool, Japanese

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Ensemble, Comme des Garçons (Japanese, founded 1969), wool, Japanese
Ensemble, Comme des Garçons (Japanese, founded 1969), wool, Japanese
Ensemble, Comme des Garçons (Japanese, founded 1969), wool, Japanese

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