HERMES AND COMME DES GARCONS’ LAUNCH “COMME DES CARRE” SCARF COLLABORATION IN TOKYO

エルメスとコムデギャルソンによる夢のコラボ「コムデカッレ」が東京の青山店と銀座のドーバーで同時にローンチ！２カ所同時にレポート！

 “I don’t really wear scarves, but if I don’t buy this now I will regret it,” famous words spoken by Vogue Girl’s Gunji-san at the preview for the hotly anticipated Hermes x Comme des Garcons collaboration, tagged “Comme des Carre” (how clever) in Tokyo on Friday. That sentiment is basically what makes this industry tick, and why our thirst for collaborations probably can never be satiated. Who woulda thunk Hermes and CdG putting out scarves together?? It’s just. So. Cool. Amirite?

Photos by Mamitan for TfD

The collection is split into two sections: monotone black and white patterns, and colorful patterns. Thus, CdG held two reception parties in tandem, one at their Aoyama flagship store for the monotone pieces, and then at Dover Street Market in Ginza for the colorful pieces. I received two invites from Comme in the mail and assumed they had accidentally sent two so incidentally almost threw one away. Whoops. And yes, they had us fashion people running all around town to get to both. The staff at Comme were in the most panic: 6-7:30 in Aoyama then 7:30 to 9pm in Ginza..We have to GO!!!

ブラック＆ホワイトのモノトーンベースと、カラフルなパターンとの二つのシリーズに分けられた今回のコレクション。ということでこの日はComme des Garcons青山店と銀座のDover Street Marketと二つの店でパーティーが行われた。そんなことつゆ知らず、私のポストに投函された２通のインビテーションを手にこれは何の間違いやら、と思考を巡らせたのがその前日のこと。うっかり片方を捨ててしまわなくて良かった！というわけで、一晩で青山～銀座をクルージングし、存分にこのコレクションに浸ることができました。

…meanwhile at Dover Street Market…

そしてドーバーへダッシュ！

A little Hello Kitty x Hermes collaboration on the side
勝手のエルメスxキティちゃんコラボw

The scarf with polkadots (Garcon’s signature) splayed over the traditional Hermes print scarf has sold out by midday I am told. Prices range from about 50,000yen to 250,000 for a large one, so there’s something for everybody.

ちなちにこちらのポルカドットのスカーフは、パーティー当日の昼間には既に完売していたとの声も。価格はエルメスのスカーフにしてはグッとお求めやすくなっており¥50,000から一番大きなもので250,000。

The mannequins were my favorite part… covered in the fabric from the collaboration, they were squishy and pliable and everyone kept bumping into them and knocking them off the rails they were hanging off of. They were pulling off some amazing acrobatic poses…. 

この展示では、新作スカーフに包まれたマネキンがショップの中で縦横無尽にぶら下がっていました。中にはチャリエンばりのアクロバティックなポーズをとる子も。

So get your scarf or be left out of history, people.

 販売はこのコムデギャルソン青山店、ドーバーストリートマーケット銀座の二店舗で行われます。歴史に残ること名コラボ、売り切れる前に駆け込むが吉です！