DESIGN: The 25 Japanese Creatives you should know

Thanks for the tip DV Clothing.

Comme des Garçons is a Japanese fashion label created and headed by designer Rei Kawakubo. French for “like boys”, Commes des Garcons over the years has collaborated with various other labels including Lascoste, Louis Vuitton, Nike, H&M, and many others. A year ago, I attended a Comme des Garcons creative space that was set up in the historic district of downtown Los Angeles. A high conceptualized store allowed their selected to designers to set up the store and design it as they pleased. I can steal remember entering off the street through a narrow alley pushing through some refrigerator flaps.

The stores and boutiques I come to love over the years are those who feature and recognize the efforts of individual designers. Treat this collection of designers organized by Complex Magazine as your latest edition of cliffnotes.