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Our top ten Comme des Garçons lots up for grabs, courtesy of the new Kerry Taylor X dot Comme auction.
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From radical early 80s silhouettes to audacious noughties deconstruction, these are the standout lots from dot COMME's extraordinary 265-piece Comme des Garçons archive sale at Kerry Taylor Auctions.
By Olivia Fortmuller
Vintage Comme lovers, set your alarms! Octavius La Rosa, founder of the legendary archival platform dot COMME and of the world’s foremost Comme des Garçons collector, is putting more than 250 lots from his personal archive under the hammer at Kerry Taylor Auctions this September 15th.
Spanning the house’s earliest Tokyo-era garments from the 1970s through to its groundbreaking first Paris runway shows in the 1980s, and then onto the boundary-pushing collections of the 1990s and noughties, the sale offers an extraordinary survey of Rei Kawakubo’s decades-long career. For collectors, it’s a rare chance to own pieces from the archive of a designer’s designer and to trace the evolution of one of fashion’s most radical houses through the garments themselves.
Up for grabs is a black polyester coordinating skirt and blouse from the now titular SS97 ‘Body Meets Dress- Dress Meets Body Collection’, as well as a trompe l’oeil ensemble from the AW05 ‘Broken Bride’ collection, and even editions from Kawakubo’s own protege, Junya Watanabe.
With such an extensive collection going under the hammer, we’ve picked out 10 of the most covetable, historically significant and downright fascinating lots to watch- or buy!
Explore the full auction catalogue now available online here.
Lot 259: A Comme des Garçons men's brown and red plaid cotton suit, Spring-Summer 2010, estimate: £300-500
Lot 183: A Comme des Garçons ruffled black dress, ‘Ethnic Couture (White)’ collection, Spring-Summer 2002, estimate: £600-1,000
Lot 205: A Comme des Garçons wool and cotton ensemble, ‘Wonderland’ collection, Autumn-Winter 2009-10, estimate: £500-700
Lot 193: A Comme des Garçons trompe l'œil ensemble, ‘Broken Bride’ collection, Autumn-Winter 2005-06, estimate: £1,200-1,800
Lot 158: A Comme des Garçons black polyester ensemble, ‘Body Meets Dress – Dress Meets Body’ collection, Spring-Summer 1997, estimate: £800-1,200
Lot 200: A Comme des Garçons checked and sequinned ensemble, ‘Cacophony’ collection, Spring-Summer 2008, estimate: £500-700
Lot 170: A Comme des Garçons embroidered and printed ensemble, ‘Transformed Glamour’ collection, Autumn-Winter 1999-2000, estimate : £600-1,000
Lot 233: A Junya Watanabe/ Comme des Garçons printed cotton dress, Spring-Summer 2003, estimate: £800-1,200
Lot 2: A Comme des Garçons black polyurethane raincoat, 1970s, estimate: £500-700
Lot 240: A Junya Watanabe/Comme des Garçons beige cotton gabardine trench coat ensemble, Spring-Summer 2007, estimate: £600-1,000