The Comme des Garçons Met Exhibit Is Big News—Literally! Inline

  • Spring 2017
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    Spring 2017

    Invisible Clothes was the theme of Comme des Garçons’s Spring 2017 collectsion, perhaps a nod to the body-conscious dress embedded within this tartan square?

  • Fall 2016
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    Fall 2016

    Eighteenth-century punks inspired the Fall 2016 collectsion, where Anna Cleveland walked the runway in this ruffled pink ensemble.

  • Spring 2016
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    Spring 2016

    Spring 2016 was a tale of witches on the Comme runway. Here, a dusty blue number spans the width of the catwalk with feather trim.

  • Fall 2015
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    Fall 2015

    Fall 2015 had a funerary tone, with mostly black and white garments taking to the runway in an abstract processional, none more experimental than this circular dress.

  • Spring 2015
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    Spring 2015

    Kawakubo’s all-red Spring 2015 collectsion included this dramatically skirted dress.

  • Spring 2014
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    Spring 2014

    “I thought, I didn’t want to design clothes at all,” said Kawakubo of her Spring 2014 collectsion. Pieces had a 3-D feel, especially this pouf jacket that glided down the runway like a cloud.

  • Fall 2012
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    Fall 2012

    There was a certain paper-doll quality to the designer’s Fall 2012 collectsion, which featured bright colors and bold prints flattened out into two-dimensional silhouettes.

  • Spring 2012
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    Spring 2012

    Kawakubo presented her Spring 2012 collectsion in shades of ivory, twisting and contorting the notion of the wedding dress into new shapes and proportions. This cage-like outfit was among the largest to take the runway.

  • Fall 2010
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    Fall 2010

    Kawakubo’s pillowed and padded Fall 2010 collectsion was filled with oversize pieces, including this exaggerated take on a classic full-skirted shape.

  • Spring 1997
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    Spring 1997

    Spring 1997’s “Lumps and Bumps” collectsion had plenty of odd proportions, with most kept close to the body save for a series of circular wrap jackets and skirts.