Vintage Comme des Garcons Multi Fabric Skirt 2000

Detail: Vintage Comme des Garcons skirt from 2000 using four fabrics: satin, silk and soft cotton are combined in a classic bell shape. Fastens with zip and hook to waistband. Unlined.

Period: 2000

Condition: Near Perfect

Sizing: UK8. Extra Small. Waist upto 26". Hips upto 35". Length 24"

Colour: As seen

Fabric: 40% Polyester (silk), 40% Acetate (tweed), 20% Acrylic (cotton)

Origin: Japan

Care: Dry Clean

Like her contemporaries, Issey Miyake and Yohji Yamamoto, Rei Kawakubo is an intellectual designer for whom fashion is a fine art. Her clothes require a different thought level, her pieces destroy preconceived ideas. The Comme des Garçons' concept sticks to the same principles: minimalist display and perplexing cuts. Often the uninitiated cannot understand where Kawakubo is coming from: sometimes shapeless and complicated, complex and baffling, a Comme des Garçons collection exposes the inner workings of a lapel, leaves edges unfinished and reduces a sweater to an unintelligible mass of boiled wool. Despite its unorthodox associations, Comme des Garçons has populist appeal: there are more than 300 outlets in 33 countries worldwide. Rei Kawakubo was the first to use `real' people as catwalk models, including Hollywood stars Dennis Hopper, Matt Dillon, John Malkovich and John Hurt. Wearer of austere expressions and giver of few interviews, Kawakubo said, in Rei Kawakubo and Comme des Garçons (1990), `What I do is concerned with the long term, and yet fashion is cyclical. It is a paradox, but it doesn't bother me. It's always exciting to do a new collection.'