The apostrophe in the name stands for the strong paternal feeling that Yohji Yamamoto has for the Y's line. This line is only second to his first line of clothing, the one which bears his whole nam...
Overviews, new outfits and details that can be seen from a close view from the Padua boutique. A real and evocative point of view, to make the acquaintance of the complex new collections o...
Comme des Garçons Trading Museum opens in Paris
On September, 30, Friday, at rue du Faubourg St. Honoré, 54, the new Rei Kawakubo's concept store has been opened. The following words, said by the members of the staff of the famous designer are i...
Irving Penn and Issey Miyake, on exhibit at 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo
How great it would be, if we could use teleportation! Apart from its many advantages in terms of freedom, costs and pollution, this mean of transport would make it possible for us to go and spend ...
Even if this Italian autumn is going to be late this year, our shop has already received and checked the fantastic items of clothing that were made in Japan, France, Germany, Italy. Coat Issey M...
On the concept of "Radical Fashion"
This piece was thinked to be published in a kind of magazine such as ELLE UK, one of the best fashion magazine, where articles used to talk about fashion differently from the ordinary publications...
Certainly, only a few people know what happens when Ivo Milan is asked an apparently simple question, that is to wrap a gift. If the request comes from the web site, it is impossible to know how lo...
To show once again how the limits between art and fashion are indefinable within the so-called Japanese school, we report the curious installation the architect Yoichi Yamamoto made, for Issey Miya...
We’ve got a new graphic design and we’ve added some new functions, including a new way of browsing similar or related products in each individual clothing or accessory page. We hope to h...
Our overview of Ivo Milan’s shop goes on. It is dedicated, first of all, to all the women who haven’t had the opportunity yet to go to Padua’s city centre and visit the premises of the shop, in San...
After a long absence, a grand return. XII XII XLIX (12/12/49), birth date of the great Italian designer, marks the riappropriation of the brand after a long controversy. Today's collection is com...
Vlas Blomme, in Flemish, means “The flax flower”. This is a clear tribute to Flanders, the world's capital of the production and manufacture of this valuable fibre, and also a tribute to flax, the ...
Dedicated to our Russian fans and web visitors
As of today, we are finally resuming deliveries to Russia via EMS (Express Mail Service) of the Italian Post. Through this method, we can deliver in less than 8 or 9 days; furthermore, it will be ...
After she finished the National Institute of Design and Technology at Ahmedabad, Aneet Arora started signing her own brand with the name Péro, that in Marwari, one of the languages of Rajasthan, me...
Despite having worked with Junya Watanabe and Rei Kawakubo for nearly a decade, Abe Chitose, the young designer of the Sacai brand, was able to distance himself from his illustrious masters and dev...
Issey Miyake’s art and vision can be defined in two short words: light and joy. His garments are a feast for the eyes and the soul, and attract, amaze and surprise even an audience that is indiffe...
Junya Watanabe Spring-Summer 2011
A long time collaborator with Rei Kawakubo for Comme des Garçons, Junya is with no doubts the most attentive interpreter of the cyber metropolitan spirit of current urban cultures. He is now one o...
Comme des Garçons SS 2011 collection
Think, put together then unmake and put together again, experimenting volumes and fabrics that must always be closely examined because nothing is as it appears, everything is something different. ...
Yohji Yamamoto SS 2011 Collection
The soundtrack of Yohji’s fashion show is a clear evidence of the inspiration for the current season. Jimi Hendrix’s rock, 40 years after his premature death, sets up the rhythm of the show, synch...
New spring outfit proposed by Ivo Milan. A fresh and practical suggestion, consisting simply of the magnificent handcrafted leather jacket, with hand-stitched seams and laser-cut details, by Nigel ...
Spring is just around the corner, and we are resuming the presentation of Ivo Milan's personalized proposals. We begin with a spring-ready, everyday look, consisting of a long, crew-neck jacket in ...
The new spring-summer 2011 collection from TAO (Tao Kurihara) will also be its last, as recently declared by the young Japanese designer. The reason is unclear, but officially it seems to be a life...
Comme des Garçons Spring-Summer 2011 New Collection
Ancora una volta Rey Kawakubo ci riesce a stupire trovando nuovo modo di decostruire gli indumenti più elementari e di trasformarli in opere d'arte. Nel video seguente, un breve estratto della sfil...
Yohji Yamamoto at the V&A Museum in London
Next spring the V&A will open the first UK solo exhibition celebrating the life and work of Yohji Yamamoto, one of the world's most influential and enigmatic fashion designers. This installatio...
Yohji Yamamoto at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is preparing to host, for the first time in the United Kingdom, an extensive retrospective entirely dedicated to Yohji Yamamoto. Over 80 works, including me...
Choosing an article of clothing from an online catalog offers the clear advantage of saving time on travel, parking, and waiting in stores. However, it lacks the assistance guaranteed by sales staf...
30 years of Japanese Fashion Exhibition in London
You have just a few days left to organize an unmissable visit to the Barbican Art Gallery in London. For several months now, Europe's largest multi-arts centre has been hosting this first European ...
30 Years of Japanese Fashion on display in London
There are only a few days left to organize an unmissable visit to the Barbican Art Gallery in London. Europe's largest multi-arts gallery has been hosting the first European retrospective dedicated...
From clothing to home accessories, Oyuna is a brand specializing in the crafting of the finest cashmere produced in Mongolia. The rarity of the material limits its distribution to a small circle of...
While it is frequent to define clothing as architecture for the body, in the case of Gustavo Lins it is more than just a simple, or bold, analogy. The designer, of Brazilian origin, actually starte...
A young designer of Nordic origin, Sandra Backlund has already enjoyed significant international recognition. Her artisanal and artistic talents, and her focus on recycled materials, have earned he...
From the remote Faroe Islands, a far-flung archipelago nestled between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, comes a happy example of how the world is shrinking in its space-time coordina...
A pioneer of a revolutionary and avant-garde approach to dressmaking that, rather than emphatically reproducing the female body, prioritizes the experimentation with geometries, cuts, and asymmetri...
An unconventional character who temporarily moved from the new continent to the Ville Lumière, Rick Owens has been able to win the favour of the American star system and of the most important fash...
Undoubtedly the most sensitive interpreter of the cyber and metropolitan spirit intrinsic to contemporary urban cultures, Junya Watanabe, a long-time collaborator of Rei Kawakubo for Comme des Garç...
With Dusan, Ivo Milan lets its ancient roots in the textile trade surface, along with its instinctive sensitivity and propensity for valuing products that pay particular attention to the selection ...
More in tune with the vanguards of international fashion than with the traditions of the domestic market, Alessandra Marchi, a young Tuscan designer, succeeds in defining her own original path with...
All of Issey Miyake's poetics and art can be associated with two short words: light and joy. His clothes are a feast for the eyes and the spirit, an object of attention, astonishment, and wonder ev...
A collection of knitwear, as Michel Bergamo and Claudia Zamagni define their work. Reducing clothing to just one expression, knit, can be an operation that produces mannerism and repetition. The st...
Comme des Garçons - Comme des Garçons
Contrary to what the redundancy of the name might suggest, Rei Kawakubo has never considered Comme Comme (as it is usually abbreviated) a second line. The brand is, in fact, not at all classifiable...
In times of globalization and high technology, the designer Tao Kurihara, a prolific collaborator of Commes des Garçons, presents a futuristic collection where the driving force, rather than drawin...
More than a collection, Daniela Gregis evokes a world—though not just any world; for many, it is certainly the best of all possible worlds. The choice of fabrics, ancient and natural, is at once hu...