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Paris Fashion Week SS27 · Runway show Womenswear

COMME des GARÇONS HOMME PLUS

By Rei Kawakubo. 23 looks, shown 3 October 2026 in Paris. Known this season for very high / platform, quilted / padded, platforms.

Founded 1984 · Comme des Garçons · comme-des-garcons.com ↗

23Looks
0.7%Of the week's looks
67th / 79Largest show
NavyLead colour

Field notes on COMME des GARÇONS HOMME PLUS

  1. COMME DES GARÇONS HOMME PLUS (Paris) showed the most experimental collection of the season: average novelty 4.8/5 vs 3.0/5 for the median show.

    Scored 1-5 by our AI tagger across 23 looks.

The collection, look by look

Womenswear Spring/Summer 2027 · SS27

Every look in runway order as a column of the colours measured from its garments. Hover or use the arrow keys to read each one; play to walk the show.

Who designs COMME des GARÇONS HOMME PLUS

comme-des-garcons.com ↗

Founder and designer

Rei Kawakubo

Since 1984 · about 42 years

Japanese, born 1942

Tokyo-born designer who studied fine arts at Keio University and worked in advertising and as a stylist before founding Comme des Garçons in 1969. Her 1981 Paris debut challenged Western ideas of form, and she has designed the experimental Homme Plus menswear line since its launch, alongside co-founding Dover Street Market.

Their runway style →

What set COMME des GARÇONS HOMME PLUS apart

Over-represented in this house's looks compared with the rest of the season.

Very high / platform heel_heightQuilted / padded surfacePlatforms accessoryQuilting detailPlatforms footwearSculptural headpiece headwear

The palette

Share of garment area across 23 looks, measured from the clothes (skin and set excluded).

Silhouettes

  • Sculptural / architectural100%
  • Oversized57%
  • Balloon / bubble52%
  • Asymmetric48%
  • Tiered / layered volume26%

Share of the 23 tagged looks.

What the collection was made of

Share of the 23 looks described by our AI tagger
  • Dress57%
  • Top (unspecified)52%
  • Skirt13%
  • Coat13%
  • Bubble skirt9%

Traditions in the collection

Cultural influences →

3 of COMME des GARÇONS HOMME PLUS's 138 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs. The house is based in Japan.

  • COMME des GARÇONS HOMME PLUS, look 24: tartan / kilt
    Tartan / kilt · Scotland · European folk & regional dress3 looks

    Japan → Scotland

    “Red-ground sett with navy, green, yellow and white overchecks, close to Royal Stewart. It is patchworked with darker tartan pieces across tailored jacket, voluminous trousers and a red-white check shirt.”

The character of the clothes

COMME des GARÇONS HOMME PLUS's clothes were more vivid, cooler, more textured, more daring and more experimental than most of the season.

  • DarkerLighter
  • MutedVividmore vivid than 87% of collections
  • CoolerWarmercooler than 87% of collections
  • SmoothTextured & printedmore textured than 88% of collections
  • CasualFormal
  • ClassicDaringmore daring than 100% of collections
  • ExperimentalWearablemore experimental than 100% of collections

COMME des GARÇONS HOMME PLUS against every other house measured so far

Also in Paris, Spring/Summer 2027

Paris field notes →
  1. 1Balenciaga72 looksIvory
  2. 2Undercover70 looksCharcoal
  3. 3Loewe67 looksBlack
  4. 4Dior66 looksBlack
  5. 5Elie Saab64 looksTan
  6. 6Maison Margiela62 looksBlack

The fortnightly digest

COMME des GARÇONS HOMME PLUS, in context

Every house is measured against every other, across every fashion week. The fortnightly digest sends you what moved, and who moved it.