OK OK. I know that this is leaked onto every single fashion blog but I couldn't resist adding my two cents to all fashion fanatics that are losing their heads in anticipation for Comme des Garcons' collection for H & M, which will hit stores in November (good god...isn't that in, like, a year from now??). Alas, the fashion community is all abuzz and rightfully so. This is big news. Though oddly not really a shocker. I mean, cat's out of the bag, fashionistas: High-end designers are willing to work for mass retailers. And since every designer (and now every person that wears their clothes) has been blessed with a commission to create a line, it is necessary to do something to make some waves in this over saturation of commercial high fashion. And so, get thee one Rei Kawakubo and wipe the jaded looks off all those editors flipping through, yawn, another designer for H & M's (or was it target, kohl's, walmart, uniqlo, steve and barry's) latest look book. Have to add here, what in the world is Steve and Barry's??? I never had heard of that store and still have yet to see one. Is this due to my isolated East Coast upbringing? Digression.
I cannot wait to see how this line translates. The irony was immense when I heard Kawakubo's assessment of her fall '08 collection was "comme des garcons bad taste" when in my opinion it had the most commercial appeal to date. I could almost see how she'll approach this collection. ALMOST. But in this case, I don't dare predict. Because the very nature of this designer, as referenced by the title of this post, is her steadfast unpredictability. Perhaps that is why we're all on the edge of our seats. Anyone else at this stage of the game is no brainer. The next logical step for this post-project-runway world is a 14-year-old jersey girl in a black taped tulle tutu designed by one of fashion's greatest minds. Count me in.
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