“No theme.” That’s the phrase that came typed across the top of Commes des Garçons Shirt’s Fall collection notes. As such, there were either multiple meanings as to what the company was suggesting, or none at all. Nonlinear and confounding thinking is a CdG trait, but if there was a concrete takeaway, it was in a consciously naif sense of portrayal and identity.
Regarding that point: A series of shirts had abstract, pieced-together images of what appeared to be infantile, doll-like forms. Later, a sweater walked out with intarsia versions of the same figures. What might those have suggested? The slyest and most distanced sort of commentary on the childish behaviors seen among powerful adults, of late? Or were they simply applied visuals for visual sake? “No theme,” so no way to tell.
Another sophomoric element was at play, too, with public domain comic book graphics that the CdG team took and altered into newly hued patchworks. Paisley and gingham fabrics were also introduced, all of which combined to formulate an innocently motley—and sure-to-satiate—range for this lower-priced Commes component.