If you haven't had a chance to check out the Comme des Garçons menswear 2011 show, I can't jump up and down saying, "oh god! You simply must check it out!" I just pulled a few pictures off on-line to give you an idea of the feel. Rei Kawakubo did this macabre, yet humorous, one-note salute to the skull print. In fact she called the collection "the skull of life." She did the skull motif prints with an exaggerated twist. At first glance with a lot of the looks you would think that they were all just simple prints. However, some of them were more a trompe l'oile using the skulls as cut-outs and not actually flat prints. I LOVE the black skull blazer and also the innovative use of a printed sock with the shoes. In one the pictures included here, there is a model that has on a printed sock and black shoes that tricks the eye (brilliant Rei!) into making you think it is a spectator high-rise shoe. And please, if you ever want to catch my attention, put a man in a man-skirt or man-dress. I'm half Irish so of course I have a few kilts and love wearing them. In fact, many a time walking on the streets of New York going to a meeting or something, you can catch me wearing a man-skirt. Personally I find it to be very masculine and needless to say, edgy and curious. Wearing clothing like that really shows one's enthusiasm and love of all things fashion. Fashion pieces should be lived, not hung in the back of the closet. If you love it wear it!
The show as a whole had absolutely no colors besides black, white, and "blood red," which I don't mind. I thought it was interesting, and a lot of fashion reporters would probably agree, that it drew a close parallels to Alexander McQueen's frequent use of the skull theme for its morbid romanticism. Archetypal Rei Kawakubo. A tip of the hat to you.
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