Coutorture

Moncler Continues Expansion With Grenoble, Moncler S, Moncler V, and Now Moncler 365

coutorture — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:12:36 -0800

It's been a busy 2010 for Milan-based, French sport brand Moncler. On top of news they will be unveiling a new line, called Grenoble, during New York Fashion Week and after launching Moncler V (a vintage-inspired collection by Japanese streetwear designer Hiroki Nakamura) during the men's shows in MIlan last month, today Moncler announced a new collaboration with Comme des Garçons.

Named Moncler 365, the Comme des Garçons partnership will produce special products and a retail concept in Tokyo's Aoyama neighborhood. The store will be open on March 25.

Fashion In 50 Seconds 06/11/09 Black Doing Well In Tokyo & More

coutorture — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:50:32 -0700

New Comme des Garçons contemporary label, Black, is already selling out in Tokyo. ..

In honor of their sixth year together, Murakami and Louis Vuitton have released an anime short.

Marc Jacobs has been looking at real estate in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

Current/Elliot is launching a range of deadstock-inspired styles using Japanese denim.

Quote Of The Day: Suzy Menkes On Rei Kawakubo

coutorture — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:58:02 -0700

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Ms Kawakubo, 66, is one of the great fashion forces from the last decades of the 20th century to now. Integral to her success is that she is too original to be pigeonholed - although others may see her as a symbol of feminism, judging her by the chic severity of an unvarnished face under a straight fringe, complex but plain clothes and flat shoes.

”"Positive Energy: Comme at 40", The International Herald Tribune

Fashion In 50 Seconds 05/09/09 Hermès Farms Crocodiles & More

coutorture — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:55:08 -0700

To keep up with handbag demands, Hermès is now breeding crocodiles in Australia. ..

Esteban Cortazar is suing Emanuel Ungaro and the house is expected to settle.

A documentary is touring the festival circuit on the harsh reality of the modeling industry.

Comme des Garçons is celebrating forty years and planning a few new pop-up stores to celebrate.

Fashion In 50 Seconds 04/08/09 Liz Claiborne Wins Back Lord & Taylor & More

coutorture — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:15:43 -0700

In 2004 Lord & Taylor dropped Liz Claiborne but, thanks to Isaac, they're relaunching the line "in a big way". ..

Oscar de la Renta reiterated his frustration with Michelle Obama's fashion choices, after complaining to the press last week.

Australian Harper's Bazaar is making waves with an underwater fashion spread featuring a voluptuous model.

Comme des Garcons is collaborating with Vogue Nippon to open a pop-up store in Tokyo arranged in magazine format.

Paris Fashion Week: Comme des Garcons Fall 2009

coutorture — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:08:44 -0800

Paris 03/07/09. Photos by Chris Moore/Catwalking/Getty Images.

Paris: Comme des Garcons Homme Plus Fall 2009

coutorture — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:04:44 -0800

Paris 01/23/09. Photos by Pierre Verdy/Getty Images.

Paris Fashion Week: Comme des Garçons Spring 2009

coutorture — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:27:37 -0800

Paris Fashion Week Comme des Garçons Spring 2009 Photos by Chris Moore

Paris Gives Us Hair! Long Beautiful Hair!

coutorture — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:54:26 -0700

We are going to go out on a limb and say that the trim pixie and the cropped bob are out for Spring 2009 if the Paris runways have any influence, a pack of designers had us singing "gimme head with hair, long beautiful hair, shining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen HAIR!" Whether it was the elaborate alien coifs at Dior, the anonymous glamazons at Martin Margiela, the petty Marie Antoinettes at Comme des Garçons, the puffy mussed coifs at Tsumori Chisato, or the piles of crimped puffs at Sonia Rykiel, designers just couldn't get enough hair!

A Black Tomorrow For Today's Princesses at Comme Des Garçons

coutorture — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:37:51 -0700

We are beginning to think that Rei Kawakubo may be too much of a literalist for our tastes or at very least a little too ham handed with the metaphors as her Spring 2009 collection entitled A Black Tomorrow had just a little too much "let them eat cake" imagery for us to stomach. Billowing Marie Antoinette hairdos do nothing for us even when the obvious quip about entitlement, excess and fallen empires reaches out to an editor begging us to make a joke. But the tragedy of it all is that tomorrow has come faster than we thought and like the impertinent princess we are ill equipped to cope with its consequences.

Puffy first estate creations (in contrast to her decidedly Tiers Etat H&M disaster) in somber black do not appeal to us and while we appreciate the intense workmanship involved in the collection we can only hang our heads at the ultimate thesis. Perhaps we are reading too much into the in your face message, maybe we should focus instead on the cut outs, the fringes, the capelets, delicious jackets or even the soccer ball tops but with the harsh reality of tomorrow already upon us we are finding it more than difficult.