Comme Des Garcon
Competitors
Customers
Independent thinkers, people who don't follow trends, anti- fashion
Play: worn for streetwear, more used, more popular, more mainstream fashion
Yohji Yamamoto
Brand positioning
Luxury
streetwear
Customers are loyal because the brand follows an unconventional approach to fashion, so customers feel identified and share the same philosophy to commes des garcon
Philosophy
Creating art
breaking beauty standards
Dark colour palette, like Rei, even her fan base were called the crows
Maison Margiela
Went against conventional fashion in Japan for women. One of his first thoughts while studying fashion was, I want to create men clothes for women (https://www.businessoffashion.com/videos/news-analysis/inside-yohji-yamamotos-fashion-philosophy/)
Collaboration with adidas Y3. Rei has a collaboration with converse
doesn't follow traditional sense of fashion.
non- traditional materials
The house was founded in 1988 by Belgian designer Martin Margiela, famous for his avant-garde approach to fashion. His designs deconstructed and reconstructed the principles of fashion and redefined luxury. His Artisanal line was a collection of one-of-a-kind pieces, including oversized clothing with exaggerated proportions.
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Junya Watanabe
Balenciaga
Acne studios
Vetements
Rick owens
Anne Demeulemeester Link Title
Vivienne westwood