: Rei Kawakubo, a self-taught designer, established the brand to challenge traditional beauty standards and create clothes for independent women.

: The brand is synonymous with deconstruction , asymmetry, and a heavy use of black. Early Paris shows in the 1980s were famously criticized as "Hiroshima bag lady looks" due to their distressed fabrics and unfinished seams.

The title of this diffusion line already says it all: Comme des Garçons Shirt focuses on shirts. Launched in 1988, the line doesn' Comme des Garçons: History, Sub-Labels and Sneaker Collabs