Comme des Garçons SS27: Rei Kawakubo tops nearly every look with a padded fabric crown, royal life and real life becoming one, sculptural shapes of foam under denim, a spherical denim skirt, entrails

Comme des Garçons made the crowns from padded cotton over wire. The sculptures underneath were foam under denim and plain canvas, and the embellishment sat inside their folds rather than on the surface. Kawakubo's note to the press ran to a single line. Saturday 3 October, Paris.

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01REI KAWAKUBO TOPPED NEARLY EVERY LOOK OF COMME DES GARÇONS'S SPRING 2027 SHOW WITH A TALL, PADDED FABRIC CROWN.

02HER NOTE TO THE PRESS WAS ONE LINE, ON ROYAL LIFE AND REAL LIFE BECOMING ONE.

03THE SHAPES WERE BUILT FROM PADDING COVERED IN DENIM AND PLAIN COTTONS.

04THE FIRST LOOK WAS A DENIM SKIRT THE SHAPE OF A SPHERE.

05GOLD BRAID, TASSELS AND HAIR SPILLED FROM THE FOLDS.

06ONE PINSTRIPED LOOK SPLIT OPEN ON RED AND WHITE PROTRUSIONS THAT READ AS ENTRAILS.

07THE FINAL LOOKS DROPPED THE CROWNS FOR ROUNDED HEADPIECES AND WENT ENTIRELY INTO DENIM.

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