Comme des Garcons — Where Art Meets Fashion

This is Welcome to Comme des Garcons, the house where ideas are made into fashion, and identity is made into an idea. Not only clothes, CDG is a creative, free, and unique movement. Comme des Garcons, whose founder Rei Kawakubo started in Tokyo in 1969, has rebelled against all traditions in fashion history, and turned the avant-garde into designable garments and making imperfection alluringly beautiful.

Each of the threads, each of the asymmetrical cuts, each of the deconstructed silhouettes narrates a tale of fighting against a regularity. Comme des Garcons is not a matter of following fashion; it is a matter of defining fashion afresh. It can be a ripped dress or a heart-logo t-shirt, and CDG clothes are not designed to fit into. They are constructed to provoke, motivate, and convey something that is very personal.

The core of CDG is the idea that perfection is the key to style, namely, the beauty of imperfection, the art of chaos, the art of being different. The genius creativity of Rei Kawakubo has established a brand empire based on that philosophy, and nowadays Comme des Garcons is one of the most powerful brands in the world that is renowned for its bold experimentation and storytelling.

Explore the Comme des Garcons world – a world where fashion intersects philosophy, design is disruption, and clothing culture.

Browse our new lines – including the classic CDG PLAY line and its recognizable red heart logo, as well as the limited and personalized partnerships with Converse, Nike, and Stussy. Enter the CDG world and show your personality off.

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CDG Our Story / About Section

All legends start with a vision– and in the case of Comme des Garcons, that vision was that of Rei Kawakubo, an untrained designer who had a fanatical faith in fashion not following, but challenging.

In 1969, Kawakubo created Comme des Garcons (“Like Boys) in Tokyo; she had no idea of making fashion more beautiful. She needed to make it more significant. Her initial work, the 1970s and 1980s collections, was the first to shake the fashion industry with an anti-fashion style, which included black clothes, rags, asymmetrical lines, and shapes that were not a typical feminine figure.

When she debuted in Paris in the year 1981, it transformed fashion. It was not immediately understood by the critics herself – her designs were described as post-apocalyptic, yet the message of Rei was quite simple: beauty is relative, and flaw is strong. Comme des Garçons also led to the emergence of a new design philosophy based on emotion, rebellion, and intellect.

CDG was transformed into a symbol of artistic independence in the world over the decades since it was a niche avant-garde label. The impact of the brand is far-reaching in fashion as well as in the arts, architecture, music, and even culture itself. Dover Street Market is one of the creative spaces that Kawakubo and her partner, Adrian Joffe, redesigned the shopping process as an art of living installation.

Comme des Garcons is not just a brand today but a kind of Creative Ecosystem. It contains several lines, including:

• Comme des Garcons PLAY – young, minimal, iconic, and playful.
• Comme des Garcons SHIRT – experimental tailoring at daily wearability.
• CDG Homme Plus – gendered, conceptual male apparel rediscovering modern grace.
• Comme des Garcons BLACK – black and white minimalism with eternal rebellion.

The success of CDG is not in following the trends, but in establishing new discussions. Kawakubo does not create fashions to satisfy consumers, but to please the thinkers, who consider fashion a statement of identity rather than position.

CDG is one that keeps pushing the limits of design all the way from Tokyo to Paris. It is not the beauty or the perfection, it is the truth, form, and imagination. That is what makes Comme des Garcons one of the most admirable and classic fashion houses all over the world.

CDG Product Highlights

Comme des Garcons is a world of opposites – shocking and at the same time sparse, intellectual, and heartfelt. The stories of each product line are different, which are bound together by one founding philosophy:eativity without compromise.

1. CDG Hoodies & Sweatshirts

Lightweight casualness collides with conceptual style. CDG Hoodies, particularly the members of the PLAY collection, include the classic red heart with eyes, which is the image of the rebellious playfulness that is familiar to the entire world. They are designed to combine the street culture and the avant-garde artistry, using high-quality cotton that is thoroughly worked over. Regardless of whether a CDG hoodie is worn in New York or Tokyo, it silently but nonetheless creates a powerful impact.

2. CDG Shirts

A remake of the timeless button-up, Comme des Garcons SHIRT is a blend of cutting-edge tailoring with the unexpected twist of an unlikely pattern, cutout, or an abstract print. The shirts turn the wardrobe standard into styleable art and combine business with fun.

3. CDG Bags & Accessories

Functionality satisfies innovativeness. CDG Bags – Starting with its minimalist totes to statement crossbody designs, demonstrates the deconstructed style that the brand is known for. Frequently found in partnership with Nike, Supreme, or Porter, these items reflect the capability of CDG to unite high and low culture with the practice of craftsmanship.

4. CDG Converse Collaboration

The partnership between Comme des Garcons PLAY and Converse is a myth. The Chuck 70 sneakers with the heart logo that everyone can identify have turned into a beacon of worldwide fashion coolness, effortless, artistic, and never-ending. These sneakers are the epitome of CDG: simple shape, profound content.

5. CDG Outerwear

From architectural trench coats all the way to sculptural blazers, the outerwear of CDG reforms silhouettes. They all combine the conceptual with the functional, demonstrating that fashion can be functional and provocative.

Comme des Garcons does not create products; it creates statements. All objects question the notion of what fashion itself can be – a combination of comfort, concept, and culture, turned into a kind of living art.

CDG Featured Products / Collections

1. Comme des Garçons PLAY

The most popular of all sublines internationally has been the CDG PLAY, which makes the high-end fashion quite approachable. PLAY is youthful and free in its approach, with its clean cuts and heart-with-eyes initials created by Filip Pagowski. Its hoodies, tees, and Converse sneakers are cherished all over the world – casual but immediately iconic.

2. Comme des Garçons Homme Plus

The test designer line that re-invented masculinity. The collections of Homme Plusexperiment with gender neutrality, asymmetry, and form outside the box. Not only menswear but philosophy in action.

3. Comme des Garçons SHIRT

A reinvention of the classic. Color, texture, and structure are unexpectedly combined on each SHIRT piece and make the simplicity sophisticated. The ideal choice to have to do with slight design interferences.

4. Comme des Garçons BLACK

A barefoot epitaph to the contemporary rebel. BLACK is devoted to a black-and-white palette and minimal silhouettes – eternal, courageous, and always multifunctional.

5. Comme des Garçons x Collaborations

The partnerships of CDG are cultural achievements – CDG x Nike Air Foamposite to CDG x Stussy and CDG x Supreme. Each collaboration is a combination of the intellectual power of CDG and mainstream energy, and the products are collectible items that combine streetwear and high art.

All these collections make the soul of Comme des Garcons experimental, emotional, and eternal.

CDG Brand Philosophy / Sustainability

Comme des Garcons is a brand that is deeply rooted in radical philosophy: fashion is meant to be an expression of thinking, not position. Rei Kawakubo does not design to appeal, but to provoke, challenge, and liberate fashion from its usual definitions.

Philosophical sustainability is more than just materials; sustainability at CDG. The work of Kawakubo facilitates a long life with the design of the ages. Her lines go against the fashions of the seasons, forcing people to archive and treasure their pieces of clothing as art and not fashion.

The manufacturing process of CDG focuses on minimal waste and quality as well as craftsmanship. The majority of the products are manufactured in Japan and are of high ethical quality and local artisans. The brand believes in quality rather than quantity, printing limited quantities of its products, reducing overproduction in a subtle yet very effective way of sustainability.

Besides, the creative spaces of CDG, such as Dover Street Market, are an ecosystem of collaboration, which encourages independent designers and ethical creators all over the world. This paradigm endorses stable fashion societies and imaginative diversification.

The actual sustainability of Kawakubo is an intellectual one: her philosophy of creating the new makes sure that Comme des Garçons will never stand still and get stuck, but always develops, adapts, and challenges without losing its identity.

CDG is a representation of a slow and considered style in a fast-paced fashion world, where every fabric is carefully sewn and every blemish has a purpose.

CDG Customer Reviews / Testimonials

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“Comme des Garçons changed the way I view fashion. Wearing a CDG piece feels like wearing art — it’s not about looking perfect, it’s about feeling authentic.”
— Amelia R., New York

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“My CDG PLAY hoodie is my go-to. It’s simple yet instantly recognizable. Every time I wear it, I get compliments — people know it’s different.”
— Liam K., London

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“I bought a Comme des Garçons SHIRT last year and still get excited every time I wear it. The craftsmanship is unreal, and it never goes out of style.”
— Haruto M., Tokyo

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“CDG Converse are classics. They’re the perfect blend of comfort and creativity — definitely worth the hype.”
— Sophie G., Paris

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“What I love about Comme des Garçons is the meaning behind it. It’s fashion that speaks, not just looks. Every collection tells a story.”
— Michael D., Los Angeles

Comme des Garçons has cultivated one of the most loyal and expressive fashion communities worldwide. From artists and designers to students and everyday dreamers, CDG wearers share one common belief — style is self-expression.

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CDG Footer Brand Statement

Comme des Garçons — Crafting the Future of Fashion Since 1969

Comme des Garcons is the world icon of avant-garde fashion that has been built upon rebellion, led by philosophy, and maintained through innovation. Even the few lines of CDG PLAY to the experimental genius of haute couture of Rei Kawakubo, all of them convey one thing: be different.

In Comme de Garcons, imperfection is the beauty, simplicity is profundity, and creativity is liberation. We do not want to follow trends but to inspire people. We are confident that fashion must mirror the mind and not the market.

Browse our collections, revel in our partnerships, and join a crowd of people who believe that fashion is art, identity, and revolution.

Comme des Garcons – Rewriting the definition of style one piece at a time.