AW99 Comme des Garçons Fuchsia Tapestry Wool Skirt Vivienne Westwood and perfectly slitted skirts

and perfectly slitted skirts

Functioning as a continuous exploration of industrial beauty and precision engineering

inflatable constructions

a maverick born under the California sun in 1961

receiving a more formal interpretation with flap pockets and lashed hems

AW99 Comme des Garçons Fuchsia Tapestry Wool Skirt Vivienne Westwood and perfectly slitted skirtsAs the 1990s drew to a close, fashion in the West had settled into quiet restraint. Minimalism reigned: clean cuts, muted palettes, a direct response to the excess and decadence of the previous decade. But not in Japan. Comme des Garons Autumn Winter 1999 collection, Transformed Glamour, marked a pivotal moment in Rei Kawakubos ongoing exploration of femininity, beauty, and rupture. It was a tactile, punk inflected reinterpretation of glamour. One