COMME DES GARCONS WHITE BOX OPENING IN HONG KONG

I have expected Comme des Garcons established a shop in Hong Kong for ages. On 31st March, my dream comes truth, this is very impressed to me, also for fan of Comme des Garcons. This is the 4th shop of Comme des Garcons in the world, each shop of Comme des Garrcons has a main colour of itself, Tokyo-blue, New York-green and Paris-red, so what's next? White! (White also is for Martin Margiela, I think this is the reason why CdG shop is just right next to Margiela shop! What a high contrast.)

The Comme des Garcons new shop is like a plastic box. This White Box is designed by Japanese artist Yuichi Higashionna, who designed the interior for Dover Street Market too. For the shop, go through the white automatic door, it is a fancy world inside there, where has three floors. Ground floor is showing accessories and CdG perfumes collection, 1st floor is womenswear, 2nd floor is menswear and 3rd floor is an exhibition area called ''Ice Palace'', its decorated by UK artist Michael Howell. Now the Ice Palace is showing 5 CdG outfits, which are selected by designer Kawakubo from ''Comme des Garcons Archive Pattern Exhibition'' in Tokyo.

Designer of CdG Rei Kawakubo came to visit Hong Kong with her husband Englishman Adrian Joffe, who is her business partner as well. He created Guerrilla Store and Dover Street Market. At the opening night, Kawakubo was wearing her signature sunglasses and stand behind her husband. (What a sweet couple!) Kawakubo was hiding the camera all night long.

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Koji

FASHION GROUPIES HOUSE OF HOLLAND

Today I have received my House of Holland T-shirt from the UK. The T-shirt is proclaiming

''Cause Me Pain, Hedi Slimane''.

I got an attention from House Of Holland during the London Fashion Week last year, when his bright t-shirt emblazoned with catchy rhymes were worn on the runway by Giles Deacon and Gareth Pugh. The catalogued his best rhyming fashion slang:

''Do Me Daily, Christopher Bailey''

''I Know How To Party, Donatella Versace''

''Who Needs A Husband, I've Got House Of Holland''

''Get Yer Freak On, Giles Deacon''

Henry Holland is a stylist, 23 year-old. He also is a designer, he is launching his ''House of Holland'' line at Harvey Nichols and Barneys - no wonder the latter of which is include US designers too. "I have a very bad rhyming dictionary which sometimes helps me come up with the slogans! I have a lot of fun thinking of the rhymes - I've just done Olivier Thyksens, but Alaïa really stumped me. What on earth rhymes with Alaïa?" Henry said. He is proof that London doesn't take itself too seriously and that fashion is fun.

www.houseofholland.co.uk

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Koji