The revolutionary Kawakubo, who burst on the scene half a century ago, was hell-bent on upending conventional notions of attractiveness, arguing, for something to be beautiful it doesnt have to be pretty. Comme des Garons is a gift to oneself, not something to appeal or to attract the opposite sex. (These are by the way, among the designers very few statements on the recordthe designer is legendarily taciturn, preferring to let her work speak for itself.) The press dubbed her customers, swathed in their voluminous deconstructed Comme fashions, the crows. But no matterthese birds knew that there was true liberation lurking in these unusual fashions
You can add a jacket or blazer along with knee boots to give a fall vibe
You could easily do a flat quilt cover, for example, and then have a dramatic sheet scenario
But theyll really get on with more substantial styles: a pair of lace-up derbies, chunky loafers or Red Wing boots will balance the proportions perfectly
12 shows another method of wearing a similarly cut but rather longer skirt
I used a single strand of white Button-and-Carpet thread, double knotted inside the clasp findings
