Comme Des Garcons - Guerrilla Stores

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^ ......sounds very interesting.....

Personally i dont mind wearing something with a logo, if the logo is specially created on a cloth or a clever idea - > see nqth + HP jacket....
 
GuerrillaBoy said:
^ ......sounds very interesting.....

Personally i dont mind wearing something with a logo, if the logo is specially created on a cloth or a clever idea - > see nqth + HP jacket....
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Guerilla Boy, there are logos all over comme clothes.....it is a very strange thing, but it is there. Almost every tee shirt from this season's homme plus collection has a simple print of the brand on the outside, either on the bottom right hand side or on the back. I personally would just never buy one of these. I just don't see how it's any different from any other brand putting its label on the outside of a garment........you can only give them so much benefit of the doubt! It's just a bit naff.

Anyway I agree with what you say about the guerilla store idea, and how it will fit into Glasgow. My understanding is that comme don't really expect to make huge amounts of money from the stores, they have very little exposure in terms of costs, and they are not "flagship" in any sense. It cannot, therefore, really be a carcrash. However, I also agree that Glaswegians generally don't go for clothes unless they are flash and expensive looking (since the attitude is "if I'm going to spend all that money on something it better be obvious that I have"). The location is also very very strange, and in particular difficult to get to. But there was a shop in Glasgow for years that sold comme and yohji and matsuda, in the 80s and early 90s, so there is a market to some extent, although it is probably small.

I will be going to the store tomorrow, so will pass on my thoughts next week.
 
ok, but think Johnny that CdG in the GS is selling mostly vintage pieces in low prices, expet from the permantent collections of WALLETS, PERFUMES,PLAY and GUERRILLA SHIRTS, now i think that the GS way to get rid off all your stok is a very clever way...so in a way she is making a profit which for a fashion house this a big...
 
^^I think the logos stuffs are def. for younger clients. I think Comme clients are more diverse than before. It is very obviuos that the brand is more "hyped" than before, too:-P. I hate to say that.

Speaking of Poland, nobody knewn about Comme, now everybody in the known (which is still a small group tho) must have read or seen Comme once. Some will wear for the brand. Still fewer ppl are more interested in design, fabrics or more subtle details. And, speaking of Poland, not everybody can spend that much money on them.

There is a huge difference between CdG and H+. The woman collections are still non-logo and radical. The H+ is radical with logo:-)))

The fact is that CdG is not clothes for those who know anymore. Unless you wear vintage or evegreen stuffs.

I hope you enjoy the visit Johnny, (but no JW first collection's jkts as far as I know:-P)
 
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nqth said:
^^I think the logos stuffs are def. for younger clients. I think Comme clients are more diverse than before. It is very obviuos that the brand is more "hyped" than before, too:-P. I hate to say that.

Speaking of Poland, nobody knewn about Comme, now everybody in the known (which is still a small group tho) must have read or seen Comme once. Some will wear for the brand. Still fewer ppl are more interested in design, fabrics or more subtle details. And, speaking of Poland, not everybody can spend that much money on them.

There is a huge difference between CdG and H+. The woman collections are still non-logo and radical. The H+ is radical with logo:-)))

The fact is that CdG is not clothes for those who know anymore. Unless you wear vintage or evegreen stuffs.

I hope you enjoy the visit Johnny, (but no JW first collection's jkts as far as I know:-P)
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No JW?!?!?!!?!?:cry: :blink: :( :huh: :sick:


In Athens the age group that spent money on CdG (700eu and more) to our store is like 40- 80...we have a client (woman) which is 80!
 
GB, I was reffering to vintage pieces from the first JW collection. I asked sb some time ago and he said they don't have anymore.

I think CdG sells to clasical Comme clients here, edgy youth and media, advertising ppl, singers, artists, stylists, friends:-)
 
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Yes but here older people can afford to buy something wich costs 2000euros...and to be honest sometimes older people are more openminded and stylish than younger, mostly artists..yestrday i was wearing the same tee with a 65 old lady! lololololololololol!!!!!
 
VINTAGE mmmmm....delicious!

nqth said:
GB, I was reffering to vintage pieces from the first JW collection. I asked sb some time ago and he said they don't have anymore.

Yes, i am always looking for some collectors pieces from first or not collections, also not only from the first but from other collection pices doesn;t exist anymore, check CdG S/S 97 "body reconstruction show" not a single piece or JW A/W 01 same!! it's a pitty because i want them for my collection!!:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
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GuerrillaBoy said:
and to be honest sometimes older people are more openminded and stylish than younger
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This is true sometimes, I agree... If they are truly interested in clothes and design to begin with. If you've already built a great basic wardrobe, you won't be afraid to buy and try more artistic or outrageous pieces that add drama and flair, I suppose... I know that's how I feel. And the older you get, the less you might care about fitting in...
 
Most magazines have also pointed out that Comme is also launching 2 Guerilla Parfums Guerilla 1 and Guerilla 2 (spoke to someone in the Parfum store in Paris and they said both would be available from June 2006).
 
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John W said:
Most magazines have also pointed out that Comme is also launching 2 Guerilla Parfums Guerilla 1 and Guerilla 2 (spoke to someone in the Parfum store in Paris and they said both would be available from June 2006).
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Welcome John,

Dearest nqth had already posted some photos and there was a discussion for GP...B)
 
what they say:-)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2090-2166568,00.html

Imagine you buy an item of expensive clothing from an exclusive boutique. You wear it a couple of times, but then it falls apart. Disgruntled, you march back for a refund — only to find that the darn place has disappeared and nobody knows where it’s gone.
Should you be annoyed? Not at all. Your predicament only goes to show what an achingly hip chick you are and how cool it was of you to spend so much money in a guerrilla store.

Guerrilla retailing is, we discovered last week, the future of fashion, and now it’s coming to Scotland. The idea is that a fashion business sets up quickly in some run-down premises and sells cool couture for a short while to the few beautiful people in the know. And then the shop vanishes, leaving everybody involved feeling terribly smug and ever so cutting-edge.

Comme des Garçons is the first in this new wave of “pop-up retailing”, selling its wares from a Glasgow warehouse. Apparently, this is a wildly adventurous concept and will fill shoppers with excitement — but only so long as they relish searching high and low for a shop, never knowing if it’ll be there when they reach it. Imagine getting inside only to hear some anorexic poseur sneering: “This place is so over. It’s not a patch on that cave in the Cairngorms, but of course that’s closed now.”

Plainly, guerrilla retailing is more about one-upmanship than style, but I’d be happy to shop there, especially if — as is usual with this kind of here-today-gone- tomorrow business — it has a big banner over the door that reads: “Everything in store £1 or less.”
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I am wondering what kind of "stylish retailing" one might expect, esp. for less than 1 pound:-P
 
guerrilla prices ???

nqth said:
what they say:-)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2090-2166568,00.html




I am wondering what kind of "stylish retailing" one might expect, esp. for less than 1 pound:-P
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are the goods in a guerrilla store cheaper than what one can get outside ?? ...eg OLD or vintage items are lower ? and if so by how much ?..

are the accessories eg wallets and parfums cheaper ?

i do agree to a large degree what the Times article say re ..the one upmanship factor in shopping at a guerrilla store...i can just imagine the sense of discovery and sense of elation that one has gone thro rough/undesirable neighbourhoods just to get to a shop...but the big question then should be..are the good WORTH the trouble and if they were ARE they cheaper ??!!!!:ninja:
 
Hey dirty funk, do you know when is BERLIN starting again? end of may?
june? i did not see nothing in the gs web page yet...but it sounds great!
:) tell us more please!
 
dets_b said:
Hey dirty funk, do you know when is BERLIN starting again? end of may?
june? i did not see nothing in the gs web page yet...but it sounds great!
:) tell us more please!
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The webpage says 05/26/2006. ;)
 
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