Edition

Edition is the long-running deliberately-archival-research capsule programme of Comme des Garçons, the legendary Tokyo-based avant-garde luxury house founded in 1969 by Rei Kawakubo. The Edition sub-programme operates as the broader Comme des Garçons archive-revival programme — releasing deliberately-curated archive-research product based on the original Comme des Garçons archive from the 1980s-2000s era. The Edition vocabulary settled around several recurring elements: deliberately-archive-revival Comme des Garçons garments (specifically reproducing or reinterpreting iconic pieces from the original Comme des Garçons archive — particularly the deliberately-deconstruction-aesthetic work of Kawakubo's 1980s-2000s era), hand-finished Italian-mill wool and Japanese-mill cotton ready-to-wear with deliberately-archival construction details, deliberately-architectural cotton-and-linen tailored separates referencing the broader Comme des Garçons-archive proportional language, and a colour palette anchored to washed-black, oxblood, ecru, washed-charcoal, plus the brand's recurring use of natural-undyed and traditional-Comme-des-Garçons-aesthetic colour combinations. The capsule is part of Comme des Garçons Co. Ltd, the Tokyo-based parent house. Edition distributes through every Comme des Garçons flagship and Dover Street Market location worldwide, plus a wide international wholesale presence including SSENSE, MR PORTER, MATCHES, Selfridges, and the major luxury department stores. The Edition programme has been one of the more quietly disciplined post-2010 'archive-revival' programmes operated by a major luxury house.