TAO Comme des Garcons S/S 07 Paris
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Argh, I don't know why? 
Here's the review up on style.com:
PARIS, October 3, 2006 – In the space of three seasons, Tao Kurihara's minute, off-schedule shows have come to generate the kind of panic-to-be-there that has journalists calling and texting and dashing through traffic to make it. It's such a must-see that, by the time her all-white "shirts and weddings" collection began to pad quietly out in the Comme des Garçons showroom, rain-bedraggled faces were pressed up against the windows and doors outside.
What was the focus of all this fuss? Another of Tao's small and prettily formed concept collections in which two ideas glide together—a kind of girly haiku in dress form. This time, it was centered on ruffle-front white shirts, kilted skirts with bustled flounces of dotted net, and ballet slippers, worn by girls with circlets of white paper flowers in their hair. As the bridesmaids passed to and fro, the scrolled cascades of their shirt fronts and tiered skirts began to take on the details of wedding-cake decorations. Rows of bows were planted on skirts; tiny frills resembling piped icing circled the legs of trousers. By the end, the dresses morphed into pieces of crinolined confectionery, scissored out of white paper. That inched Tao a step or two toward fantasy, but not so much that it distracted from the salable charm of her way with a fragile Victorian puff-sleeved blouse or a perfect little silk-knit polo jersey.
As the audience peeled off into the street, the debrief chatter circled around the fact that Junya Watanabe, also of the house of Comme, had concentrated much of his efforts on white shirts this season—as have many others in the fashion world at large. That slightly diluted the aura of from-nowhere ingenuity that surrounds Tao's work, but no matter. Her only worry ought to be finding a bigger space to contain her fans next season.
– Sarah Mower
Here's the review up on style.com:PARIS, October 3, 2006 – In the space of three seasons, Tao Kurihara's minute, off-schedule shows have come to generate the kind of panic-to-be-there that has journalists calling and texting and dashing through traffic to make it. It's such a must-see that, by the time her all-white "shirts and weddings" collection began to pad quietly out in the Comme des Garçons showroom, rain-bedraggled faces were pressed up against the windows and doors outside.
What was the focus of all this fuss? Another of Tao's small and prettily formed concept collections in which two ideas glide together—a kind of girly haiku in dress form. This time, it was centered on ruffle-front white shirts, kilted skirts with bustled flounces of dotted net, and ballet slippers, worn by girls with circlets of white paper flowers in their hair. As the bridesmaids passed to and fro, the scrolled cascades of their shirt fronts and tiered skirts began to take on the details of wedding-cake decorations. Rows of bows were planted on skirts; tiny frills resembling piped icing circled the legs of trousers. By the end, the dresses morphed into pieces of crinolined confectionery, scissored out of white paper. That inched Tao a step or two toward fantasy, but not so much that it distracted from the salable charm of her way with a fragile Victorian puff-sleeved blouse or a perfect little silk-knit polo jersey.
As the audience peeled off into the street, the debrief chatter circled around the fact that Junya Watanabe, also of the house of Comme, had concentrated much of his efforts on white shirts this season—as have many others in the fashion world at large. That slightly diluted the aura of from-nowhere ingenuity that surrounds Tao's work, but no matter. Her only worry ought to be finding a bigger space to contain her fans next season.
– Sarah Mower
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Mutterlein
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far better than last season. I like this.
the white shirts and skirts are really strong. Apparently the CDG boutique is THE place to be when it comes to white shirt shopping this coming spring~
it's a beautiful collection (although too white for me, there is a strong argument about a very pure and conceptual collection)
it's a beautiful collection (although too white for me, there is a strong argument about a very pure and conceptual collection)
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Pretty.
every aspect of this collection is just stellar. It's really beautiful. I'm glad she's sticking to her signature frill as I think she's just marvelous at that. The shirting is amazing too. It's kind of funny because we don't see too many designers focus on quality shirting...and for me it's another part of being a brilliant tallieur. And she does them with alot of precision here.
