Can Denim Be Royalty? Rei Kawakubo Uses Giant Crowns to Turn Everyday Fabrics into Sculptures
Voluminous skirts, red slashes, and fabric crowns
Summary
- COMME des GARÇONS Spring/Summer 2027 centers on the theme of "merging royal life with everyday life"
- Rei Kawakubo transforms familiar fabrics like denim, stripes, and checks into inflated, twisted three-dimensional silhouettes
- Fabric crowns, red textiles, and gold touches intersect, giving royal imagery an unexpected expression
A white crown sits high on the head, but the denim on the body swells into a massive silhouette that nearly fills the runway. Jagged openings along the skirt reveal red fabric, looking like a moving sculpture. The first look of the COMME des GARÇONS Spring/Summer 2027 show immediately makes it hard to understand the clothing in any usual way.
Using Everyday Fabrics to Create Unfamiliar Royal Attire
Images from / Rei Kawakubo
Rei Kawakubo’s theme this time is “royal life and daily life as one.” Familiar materials like denim, stripes, plaid, and corduroy are rearranged into massive, irregular forms. Fabrics normally associated with an everyday wardrobe start to take on a grand, ceremonial presence.
The most eye-catching denim looks bulge outward through panelling and three-dimensional structures, letting red fabric show through the openings. Other garments alter the body’s silhouette through curves, stacking, and asymmetry, allowing familiar materials and unfamiliar shapes to exist at the same time.
Crowns Can Be Soft, Crumpled, and Even a Little Eccentric
Images from / Rei Kawakubo
The crowns on the head are just as worth a closer look. White fabric forms towering silhouettes with crumpled and fluffy surfaces, paired with cascading golden hair, adding a touch of drama to a look that normally symbolizes authority.
The end of the collection echoes the denim with golden dome shapes, pushing the meeting of royalty and everyday life into a different visual. After watching this show, what stays in your mind most is probably how fabrics you’ve worn yourself can actually be made into something so unpredictable.
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