Comme des Garcons F/W 2019.20 Paris

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[helmutnotdead]

WOW.

I can't stop thinking about it.

Literally made me cry and forget all the rest of the shows I've seen the past weeks.

 

[jeanclaude]

I like seeing black models at CDG (I can´t remember seeing them before...).

The collection this time doesn´t tell me anything. Reminds me of previous collections of her too much, like some kind of "remix" from the past.

 

[gazebo]

BAM! She brought it!
Finally Something to look at!

 

[Uemarasan]

I like seeing black models at CDG (I can´t remember seeing them before...).

Watch the 90s shows. There have always been black models. Even Naomi Campbell wore Comme des Garçons... This is a label that's been around even before the Internet.

 

[jeanclaude]

Watch the 90s shows. There have always been black models. Even Naomi Campbell wore Comme des Garçons... This is a label that's been around even before the Internet.

I am 38 y.o. I know CDG exists since late 60s...you´re not telling me anything new here.
I remember Naomi in the 90s...but I just can´t remember more black models in CDG...

 

[Deleted member 141309]

Wow, my words have been heard and this is actually great!

 

[Lola701]

I like it but nothing more. It’s a good CDG collection. Nothing really exciting or new or just different.
It’s a familiar and safe territory.

 

[Perickles]

One of my favorite collections ever!

 

[caioherrero]

They sell this collections at store?

 

[Lola701]

They sell this collections at store?

One thing is sure: they produce it.
CDG has so many lines that I don’t think people even bother to look at the main HF collection.

 

[helmutnotdead]

They produced and sell it A LOT. The few times I was at the CDG NYC store it was literally crowed and we all were trying the weirdest clothes ever lol

 

[jeanclaude]

I know one customer in N.Y. who collects this, a charming mature lady.

 

[Lola701]

I know one customer in N.Y. who collects this, a charming mature lady.

While I know some men who wears mainline runway CDG & Yohji, i’ve Never experienced a wearer of this type of CDG collections.
She must have an amazing and inspiring life!
I love stories or lives of high fashion clients.

 

[MulletProof]

^ Some very old ladies I know from work exclusively wear CDG. Some look good (as good as you can at that age), others plain cuckoo. They're art donors, a little less than amazing and inspiring, and usually more in the astoundingly rude and vile category, with a sartorial uniform that [they believe] should stand out and inspire respect the way their wallet does.

(bit resentful? yes, but not lying!)

jeanclaude can't remember more black models because, frankly, years can go by without any at CDG. I'm admittedly not American or British and kind of wired to run a racial check in most things my eyes or ears engage with (visuals, small talk, etc) so it takes a while or it takes someone pointing it out but yeah. This isn't a luxury brand so I feel the impact is not quite as devastating, in fact, I always thought they went for the cheapest, most forgettable models they could afford, since they'll likely cover some 70% of their faces anyway. But maybe I'm wrong. Either way, good to see them looking more international!

 

[jeanclaude]

jeanclaude can't remember more black models because, frankly, years can go by without any at CDG. I'm admittedly not American or British and kind of wired to run a racial check in most things my eyes or ears engage with (visuals, small talk, etc) so it takes a while or it takes someone pointing it out but yeah. This isn't a luxury brand so I feel the impact is not quite as devastating, in fact, I always thought they went for the cheapest, most forgettable models they could afford, since they'll likely cover some 70% of their faces anyway. But maybe I'm wrong. Either way, good to see them looking more international!

I am spanish. I just mentioned the black models here, because I like black models. And seeing so many of them in CDG got my attention.

 

[Lola701]

^ Some very old ladies I know from work exclusively wear CDG. Some look good (as good as you can at that age), others plain cuckoo. They're art donors, a little less than amazing and inspiring, and usually more in the astoundingly rude and vile category, with a sartorial uniform that [they believe] should stand out and inspire respect the way their wallet does.

(bit resentful? yes, but not lying!)

You just killed the dream
I have a very pragmatic approach when I buy HF clothes so for me people who wears extreme stuff are a bit like Couture Clients...Or when people have those fake fantasies about women working in Art Galleries and wearing Prada LOL.

I can totally picture the profile...The « I’m better than you because I wear the holy grail of fashion ». I hate that...

 

[mistress_f]

I'm in awe of this collection, one of my favourite from her in years. The leather pieces, the romantic thouches, that purple dress!!!!, the opening look, everything is absolutely amazing here.

 

[Uemarasan]

I am 38 y.o. I know CDG exists since late 60s...you´re not telling me anything new here.
I remember Naomi in the 90s...but I just can´t remember more black models in CDG...

You said that you couldn't remember a Comme des Garcons collection with many black models, but a few of their 90s shows had multiple black models. This is what I'm pointing out, not how old Comme des Garcons is. Here, for example:

Comme des Garçons Spring 1992 Ready-to-Wear Fashion Show
Comme des Garçons Fall 1992 Ready-to-Wear Fashion Show
Comme des Garçons Spring 1993 Ready-to-Wear Fashion Show

Earlier shows from the 80s also used multiple black models.

Sometimes the casting is diverse, sometimes not. I don't think Comme des Garcons is a label that is really concerned about some kind of socio-political checklist, but good to see diversity in this collection.

 

[jeanclaude]

You said that you couldn't remember a Comme des Garcons collection with many black models, but a few of their 90s shows had multiple black models. This is what I'm pointing out, not how old Comme des Garcons is. Here, for example:

Comme des Garçons Spring 1992 Ready-to-Wear Fashion Show
Comme des Garçons Fall 1992 Ready-to-Wear Fashion Show
Comme des Garçons Spring 1993 Ready-to-Wear Fashion Show

Earlier shows from the 80s also used multiple black models.

Sometimes the casting is diverse, sometimes not. I don't think Comme des Garcons is a label that is really concerned about some kind of socio-political checklist, but good to see diversity in this collection.

Ok, thank you for the links. Anyway I see her current collection uses more black models than those early 90s collections.

I don´t care about any political correctness or inclusion. It´s just that I love black (and asiatic) models. I am just tired of seeing caucasian models over and over...