THE MENSWEAR GUIDE - Elite Traveler

ColleCtion HigHligHt
Much of Comme des Garçons’ latest
collection reinterprets the suit through
its designer’s idiosyncratic lens. Rei
Kawakubo turned her attention to tailored
pieces that marry key men’s suiting materials
with panels of jazzy, prints and textures.
First, Prince of Wales checks paired
with tweed layers. Later, wilder versions
included a leopard print atop pinstripes.
The mix and match effect carried through
to knitwear shown with skirts, an option
for the most daring Comme acolytes (Grey
wool herringbone jacket with leopard
print glencheck panel, $1,775; grey wool
herringbone trousers, $645).
CoMMe des gArÇons HoMMe
Rei Kawakubo’s collection remains an insider’s favorite for her keenly intellectual take on menswear. For fall, Comme des Gar-
çons gives its tailoring a flamboyant edge with pattern mixing whimsy.
| Where To Buy | The collection is available at Comme des Garçons in New York, select Barneys New York and Saks Fifth
Avenue department stores, and speciality boutiques: IF Boutique and Jeffrey in New York and Maxfield and Ron Herman in Los
Angeles. Corporate Contact: Jereo Meffengil, (212) 604-9200. Visit doverstreetmarket.com.