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The 25 Most Awesome COMME des GARÇONS Ads

It's not just the clothes that we love.

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One of Comme des Garçons' greatest accomplishments is completely changing the staid notions of what a clothing brand could be. Before Rei Kawakubo came along, no one thought a single brand could ever command and combine the worlds of fashion, art, and culture. The company shocked the fashion world in its beginning years, and continues to shake up the industry every time they make moves that are still unexpectedly fresh.

One of the domains beyond fashion that Comme des Garçons has dominated since their inception is advertising. Through the years, the brand partnered with super talented artists and photographers to create ads that were simultaneously weird, beautiful, and usually did not even showcase the clothing. The complete catalogue is massive, so we chose 25 of our favorite ads. No metric other than awesomeness could be used to gauge these ads, so click through and enjoy The 25 Most Awesome COMME des GARÇONS Ads.

Spring 1989

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Fall 1991

Photographer: Curtis Knapp

Spring 2008

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Fall 1988

Spring 1990

Artist: Inoue Tsuguya

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Spring 2008

Creative Directors: Ronnie Cooke Newhouse and Stephen Wolstenholme

2010

Artist: Daniel Clowes

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Spring 1988

Photographer: André Kértesz

Fall 1995

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Fall 2007

Creative Directors: Ronnie Cooke Newhouse and Stephen Wolstenholme

Spring 1995

Photographer: Keizo Kitajima

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Spring 2012

Creative Directors: Ronnie Cooke Newhouse and Stephen Wolstenholme

Date Unknown

Artist: Leland Myrick

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1992

Photographer: Max Vadakul

Fall 2008

Artist: Mondongo

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Fall 2005

Fall 1988

Artists: Inoue Tsuguya and Jim Britt

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Fall 2010

Creative Directors: Ronnie Cooke Newhouse and Stephen Wolstenholme

Sculptor: Simen Johan

1993

Photographer: Cindy Sherman

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Spring 1998

Artist: Roman Signer

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Artist: Abraham Mignon

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Spring 1993

Photographer: Ken Ohara

Fall 1995

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Spring 1988

Photographer: André Kértesz

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