Comme As You Are

Opposites really do attract sometimes.

Take Rei Kawakubo's Comme des Garcons and mass retailer H&M, who married their aesthetic and business ideologies into a capsule collection that launches in November (see below).

Fashion masses have a vague to no idea what CDG is about, what the clothing looks like and what Kawakubo believes in. But they do know that H&M is affordable, turnover clothing that makes them look good for no more than $70 most of the time.

The fashion-forward, however, know exactly who Rei Kawakubo is. They know she is the bob-haired,Tokyo-born, rather reclusive founder and designer of Comme des Garcons, who taught protege and fellow designer Junya Watanabe everything he knows. She's a woman who prefers the deconstructed and austere in monochromatic colors like grey, white and black -- lots and lots of black.

Come November, CDG will makes is debut in the mass retailer world, charming its way into the public's heart with baggy shorts, deconstructed jackets, polka dots, coatdresses, cropped pants, accessories and a unisex fragrance.

It already has mine. Especially that huge polkadot scarf.







I'm Lovin' it: This schizophrenic plaid dress from Burfitt. You know how you see an article of clothing and know exactly how you'd wear it if you actually owned it? I'm thinking a big vest and sky-high ankle booties.








I'm Over it: Lots of things today. And yesterday. Plus my eye is itchy and it won't go away (as in the itch, not my eye).


Track of the Day: Passion Pit, a five-piece group that hails from Cambridge, Massachusetts. My BGF Khaleel doesn't think the lead singer has a particularly good voice, but the rest makes up for it. It'll make you smile, too, all the different layers of auditory offerings. Oh, and the sped-up voice in the beginning is Jack Kerouac, from one of his spoken word albums. Who knew Kerouac did spoken word?? I didn't until I discovered this song.







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