1970s-1990s The Japanese Avant-garde

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some of the pics in this thread are unreasonably large and take FORever to load, making the viewing of this thread extremely difficult...

would be great if a mod could adjust these images...
tia

 

[fashion.fashoff]

here is a vintage matsuda blazer of spun rayon, black with very pale cream polka dots. the inside is pale cream with black polka dots. i don't recall seeing much if any matsuda in pure white...i only remember seeing a wonderful very pale cream color.

the shirt is matsuda a/w 93 (with faux marker writing along the edges of the ruffles). the inside of the french cuff says "kiss of venus"

does anybody know what happened to the matsuda brand? i read the parent company, nicole, is still popular in japan but online info about matsuda is incomplete. there is some malaysian brand called matsuda, but i think it is entirely unrelated...

pics by me

 

[fashion.fashoff]

c. 1988 issey miyake blouse:

c. 2003 comme des garçons blouse:

early 80s miyake plantation shirt:

pix by me

 

[softgrey]

thanks for the great images!...
love the matsuda stuff...
a lot of rayon during that time, if i remember correctly...
it was a fabric innovation at the time and lots of japanese brands and fashion forward companies started using it...

looked and felt like silk but was more durable and cheaper...
could not ever touch water though or the fabric would warp completely out of shape...
i tried it anyway and lost a couple of pieces that way...
...

i've wondered about matsuda as well...
i always loved their eyewear and ads...
i feel like there is a thread where we talked about this already somewhere...
not sure where though...

always great to see older Issey stuff...
I never saw much of it in person at the time, so I really love seeing it...
the plantation stuff is beyond..

thanks again!

 

[runner]

they were not able to sell the stuff by the name of nicole overseas, hence matsuda.

in 2002, they had gone through the hardship smilar to what YY inc went through.
now, the company/management is completely different except the name, the original organization dissolved in 2009 ( the founder mitsuhiro matsuda died in 200.

 

[softgrey]

very interesting...
thx runner...

sad to hear matsuda is no longer with us...

 

[runner]

you're welcome softgrey



CdG

albert watson 1985 february
albert watson 1985 july
steven meisel 1992 october
steven meisel 1993 october
steven meisel 1997 may
steven meisel 1997 july


vogue.it

 

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sarah moon S/S 98
the rest paolo roversi


bookskomiyama

 

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CdG posters from the 80's

takuji katabuchi

 

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first two oliviero toscani
the rest bruce weber

 

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peter lindbergh


books.komiyama

 

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CdG furniture catalogue from 1990


on-the-books

 

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runner!

these are AMAZING!!!...




this is how and why I fell in love with comme in the first place!

all that the volume and those SHOES!!!



thank you very much for these inspiring images!

 

[runner]

you are welcome softgrey


some more
from CdG catalogues

CdG no.36 1978 kazumi kurigami - the first two
CdG no.38 1978 hajime sawatari - the rest

 

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CdG no.75 1981 peter lindbergh
CdG no.76 1982 bruce weber

 

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CdG no.79 1983 peter lindbergh
CdG no.88 1985 peter lindbergh

 

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CdG no.91 1986 paolo roversi
CdG no.92 1986 peter lindbergh

 

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CdG no.93 1986 peter lindbergh - the first image
CdG no.94 1986 steven meisel - the second
CdG no.96 1987 peter lindbergh
CdG no.97 1987 peter lindbergh - the last one


images from books-komiyama

 

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homme plus no.1 1985 arther elgort - the first and second
homme plus no.3 1986 peter lindbergh
homme plus no.4 1987 bruce weber

 

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homme no.3 1981 yutaka takanashi - the first two
homme no.21 1985 kazumi kurigami