1970s-1990s The Japanese Avant-garde

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Some CDG promos

Cindy Sherman at the bottom and the punks at the top are probably by Juergen Teller.

pics from auctions.yahoo.co.jp

 

[user500]

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thanks!

btw, did you see the cdg campaign- archive thread in 'ad-campaigns'?

http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/f79/comme-des-gar-ons-campaign-archive-51883.html

 

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Yeah, I´m somewhat unsure where to post this stuff... I don´t know if they really qualify as ads...

A 1977 CDG catalog.

pics: auctions.yahoo.co.jp

 

[user500]

right, i think it is best in this thread.
my proposal to see the cdg-ad thread was meant as an answer to your question, where you can find more cdg promo- material.

 

[Proximity]

from French Elle, 27/03/1989, photographs by Walter Chin, model - Meghan Douglas.

Miyake (right page on both





Comme des Garcons (left page



scanned by me.

 

[BerlinRocks]

sorry if repost

Issue: Vogue September 1982
Initial meeting of Issey Miyake, Kenzo Takada, Rei Kawakubo
A magazine introduces me to the terms Harajuku and Comme des Garcons
(click pages for expanded view)

readysetfashion.blogspot.com

 

[fashion.fashoff]

images of rei kawakubo from "new fashion japan" by leonard koren, 1984. will post more pics of clothes & other designers later.

p.s. she wears a rolex watch.

scanned by me

 

[fashion.fashoff]

more scans from "new fashion japan"

comme des garcons clothes, all 1982-84, (apologies for any duplicates of previous images)

scanned by me

 

[fashion.fashoff]

more from "new fashion japan", this time showing various materials used by kawakubo.

shoes of various kinds of rubber:

different fabrics used in kawakubo's garments

cotton shirt, wool & jute fabric for sweater

wool and jute sweater; cotton scarf

scans by me

 

[oomarhatelier]

im loving this thread sooooooo much

 

[BerlinRocks]

an ebay auction ...
not sure we can post this ... though ...

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Rare-Mag-REI-KAWAKUBO-Comme-des-Garcons-Stephen-SPROUSE_W0QQitemZ380146655554QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Books_NonFictionBooks_NonFictionBooks_SM?hash=item588281a142&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Rare Mag REI KAWAKUBO Comme des Garcons Stephen SPROUSE

Superb rare magazine THE KEY published in 1984 in New York

Excellent fashion and photography
Fashion includes a special cover and double page spread of Comme des garcons plus Jean Paul Gaultier, Stephen Sprouse, Joan Vass
A great scarce magazine

Very good condition for age.

 

[Proximity]

from "Shock Of The Neon", Harper's & Queen, February 1994, photographs - Walter Chin, model - Bridget Hall.

Miyake:

"Brilliant interpretation: Miyake's classic pleats of primaries, Flying saucer dress, £830, Issey Miyake." (dip-dye mesh t-shirt underneath by Liza Bruce)



Yamamoto:

"Splashes of colour swirled over paint box red: multi-coloured crossover bodice dress, £785, worn over jersey panel dress, £249, both Yohji Yamamoto."



Watanabe:

"Colour blind: Junya Watanabe, Rei Kawakubo's protoge, was unleased on to the catwalk for the first time this spring, where he clased techno-colours & man-made fibres in strange new shapes. Rayon "odd" shirt, £380, stretch checked trousers, £860, nylon stretch sweater, £240, all by Junya Watanabe, from a selection at Comme des Garcons."



scanned by me.

 

[BerlinRocks]

it's pretty small ...
i'll find a way to upload the HQ at this site (maybe with print option !)

anyway ...

from 1982 L'Officiel - on the right
2 Yamamoto black dress

- jalou gallery / archives -

 

[BerlinRocks]

from L'Officiel 1982 (686), too ...
Issey Miyake (second and last - on right), Jungle Jap by Kenzo (third - on left) ... and Kanzaï Yamamoto (first image) (who's this ?)

- same source -

 

[BerlinRocks]

same source
same magazine
1982 (684)

Yamamoto (first image - on left)
Miyake (second image - on left) and Yamamoto (second image - on right)
Kenzo and Miyake ad campains

 

[BerlinRocks]

1983 / CDG
1987 / CDG
1983 / Miyake

same source

 

[runner]

about 140 years ago there was a drastic modernizaton started in japan.
since then, changes had been a prevailing mood.
and by the era named taisho (1912-1926), lots of traditional culture disappered.
those who stuck to the affection for the good old things were a minority, and were called "bankara".
in a way it was a resistance to rapid westernization, a rebellious spirit toward the times.
and when it became a youth movement, their statement was visible on the surface level too as they typically kept wearing the same old clothing items to rags, along with their long hair. and they didn't give up hakama's. even if they accepted gakuran (school uniform), they customised gakuran for the exaggeratedly loose fit or the hakama-like silhouette. they refused to wear shoes.
those students didn't want to get aboard the bandwagon.
it might have been the first big form of anti fashion.

I haven't seen designers like yohji, rei, etc talking about it.
but I guess the bankara style has had some influence on them, especially yohji.



punkish or hippie in some way

 

[runner]

bankara is not completely dead today.
you can see it narrowly alive in the school cheering group, for some reason.


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[runner]

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kagaan3.exblog.jp
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[droogist]

^ That's really interesting - I wasn't aware of this subculture, but its influence now seems pretty obvious. Thanks as always, runner.