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  1. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2023SS Blazer 2023SSMainline Femmeblazer A blazer from Yohji Yamamoto, the founder and continuous creative director of the Tokyo house first incorporated in the early 1970s.
    The piece is from the Spring/Summer 2023 collection, part of the house's post-restructuring…
  2. Comme des Garçons Junya Watanabe 2022FW Jacket 2022FW A fall/winter 2022 jacket from Junya Watanabe, the Comme des Garçons line he has designed since 1992/1993.
    The collection used his signature splicing method, in which motorcycle, bomber and checked-wool jackets are cut into…
  3. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2022FW Coat 2022FWMainline Femme A coat from Yohji Yamamoto, designed by the founder who has directed the house without interruption since its early-1970s beginnings in Tokyo.
    It dates to the Autumn/Winter 2022 collection, within the post-restructuring period in…
  4. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2022FW Coat 2022FWMainline Femme A coat from Yohji Yamamoto, designed by the founder who has directed the house without interruption since its early-1970s beginnings in Tokyo.
    It dates to the Autumn/Winter 2022 collection, within the post-restructuring period in…
  5. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2020FW Dress 2020FWMainline Femmedress An autumn/winter 2020 dress from Yohji Yamamoto.
    By this date Yamamoto, who founded the house in the early 1970s and has directed it himself ever since, was working in the period that followed the…
  6. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2020FW Coat 2020FWMainline Femmecoat An autumn/winter 2020 coat from Yohji Yamamoto, designed by the house's founder and sole creative director.
    The house is known for layered, drape-led outerwear and a deep monochrome palette. The season falls within the…
  7. Rick Owens Rick Owens 2020SS Snackskin Jacket 2020SSjacket A jacket from Rick Owens, Spring/Summer 2020.
    The house has been led since its 1994 founding by Rick Owens, its sole designer. The period continued his characteristic proportion and drape language, within his gothic,…
  8. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2020SS Dress 2020SSMainline Femme A dress from Yohji Yamamoto's Spring/Summer 2020 collection.
    The house remained in Paris under Yohji Yamamoto's own direction after its 2009–2010 restructuring, sustaining its signature of deconstructed, predominantly black garments. Draping and asymmetry remain…
  9. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2020SS Coat 2020SSMainline Femmecoat A spring/summer 2020 coat from Yohji Yamamoto, designed by the house's founder and sole creative director.
    The house is known for soft tailored outerwear cut through three-dimensional draping rather than flat pattern drafting, and…
  10. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2020SS Trousers 2020SStrousers Trousers from Comme des Garçons, Spring/Summer 2020.
    The house was founded in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated as a company in 1973.
  11. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2020SS Dress 2020SSMainline Femme A dress from Yohji Yamamoto's Spring/Summer 2020 collection.
    The house remained in Paris under Yohji Yamamoto's own direction after its 2009–2010 restructuring, sustaining its signature of deconstructed, predominantly black garments. Draping and asymmetry remain…
  12. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2020SS Dress 2020SSMainline Femme A dress from Yohji Yamamoto's Spring/Summer 2020 collection.
    The house remained in Paris under Yohji Yamamoto's own direction after its 2009–2010 restructuring, sustaining its signature of deconstructed, predominantly black garments. Draping and asymmetry remain…
  13. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2019FW Coat 2019FWMainline Femmecoat A coat from Yohji Yamamoto's Autumn/Winter 2019 collection.
    Yohji Yamamoto is the founder and sole creative director of the house. The season sits in the house's post-restructuring continuity. The deconstructed-black house signature — raw…
  14. Dries Van Noten Dries Van Noten 2019FW Dress 2019FWdress A dress from Dries Van Noten's Autumn/Winter 2019 collection, designed by founder Dries Van Noten.
    For this season the house's womenswear used floral prints developed from photographs of flowers Van Noten grew in his…
  15. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2019SS Coat 2019SSMainline Femmecoat An autumn/winter 2019 coat from Yohji Yamamoto, designed by the house's founder, who has led the label without interruption since its early-1970s founding and its 1981 Paris debut.
    By this season the house's deconstructed,…
  16. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2018FW Rose Dress 2018FWdress A rose dress from Comme des Garçons, Fall/Winter 2018.
    The house was founded in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated as a company in 1973, its main line built around deconstruction, anti-fit,…
  17. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2018SS Suit 2018SSMainline Femmesuit A suit from Yohji Yamamoto, Spring/Summer 2018, the work of Yohji Yamamoto, who has led the house since founding it.
    This season falls in the period of post-restructuring continuity. Soft tailoring drawn from menswear…
  18. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2018SS Overalls 2018SSMainline Femmejumpsuit Overalls from Yohji Yamamoto, Spring/Summer 2018.
    Yohji Yamamoto has directed the house since founding it, and this season falls in the period of post-restructuring continuity. The house has long drawn on workwear-derived materials.
  19. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2018SS Dress 2018SSMainline Femmedress A dress from Yohji Yamamoto, designed by the founder who has directed the house continuously since its early-1970s beginnings in Tokyo.
    The piece is from the Spring/Summer 2018 collection, a period in which the…
  20. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2017FW Dress 2017FWMainline Femmedress A dress from Yohji Yamamoto's Autumn/Winter 2017 collection, designed by Yamamoto, who has led the house without interruption since its founding.
    The work of this period continues the house's deconstructed-black signature, built on three-dimensional…
  21. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2017FW Coat 2017FWMainline Femmecoat A coat from Yohji Yamamoto, the Tokyo house led since its early-1970s founding by its namesake designer as sole creative director.
    It belongs to the Autumn/Winter 2017 collection, within the post-restructuring period in which…
  22. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2017SS Coat 2017SSMainline Femmecoat A spring/summer 2017 coat from Yohji Yamamoto, the work of Yamamoto, who has directed the house himself since founding it in the early 1970s.
    The piece belongs to the 2010s, a period of post-restructuring…
  23. Rick Owens Rick Owens 2017SS Dress 2017SSdress A dress from Rick Owens, Spring/Summer 2017.
    The house has been led since its 1994 founding by Rick Owens, its sole designer. His vocabulary of the period centres on asymmetric draping and fluid, body-skimming…
  24. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2016FW Archive Skirt 2016FWskirt A Fall/Winter 2016 skirt from Comme des Garçons, designed by Rei Kawakubo, head of the house since its founding in Tokyo in 1969 (incorporated 1973).
  25. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2016FW Coat 2016FWMainline Femmecoat A coat from Yohji Yamamoto's Autumn/Winter 2016 collection, designed by Yamamoto himself.
    The house is known for soft tailored coats cut with a deconstructive hand, favouring oversized, slouching silhouettes. All-black and deep monochrome remain…
  26. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2016FW Blazer 2016FWMainline Femmeblazer A blazer from Yohji Yamamoto's Autumn/Winter 2016 collection.
    Yamamoto, who has led the house continuously since founding it, designed this season himself. The post-restructuring work of this period sustains the deconstructed-black house signature, with…
  27. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2015FW Trousers 2015FWtrousers Trousers from Comme des Garçons, Autumn/Winter 2015.
    The house was founded in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated as a company in 1973.
  28. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2015FW Blazer 2015FWblazer A blazer from Comme des Garçons, Autumn/Winter 2015.
    The house was founded in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated as a company in 1973.
  29. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2015SS Blazer 2015SSMainline Femmeblazer A spring/summer 2015 blazer from Yohji Yamamoto, the work of Yamamoto, who has directed the house himself since founding it in the early 1970s.
    The piece sits in the 2010s, a period of post-restructuring…
  30. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2015SS Suit 2015SSMainline Femmesuit A suit from Yohji Yamamoto, Spring/Summer 2015, the work of Yohji Yamamoto.
    This season falls within the post-restructuring period of the house, when the line continued under Yamamoto's direction. The house's tailoring favours deconstruction,…
  31. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2015SS Jacket 2015SSjacket A jacket from Comme des Garçons for Spring/Summer 2015.
    Rei Kawakubo designed the main line throughout this period; she founded the house in Tokyo in 1969 and incorporated it in 1973. Main-line work of…
  32. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2015SS Skirt 2015SSskirt A skirt from Comme des Garçons for Spring/Summer 2015.
    The house's main line was designed throughout this period by Rei Kawakubo, founder of Comme des Garçons, established in Tokyo in 1969 and incorporated in…
  33. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2015SS Dress 2015SS A red short-sleeved dress with a rounded collar.
    Long black panel strips descend irregularly over the front.
  34. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2015SS Dress 2015SS A dress from Comme des Garçons, Spring/Summer 2015.
    The house was founded in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated as a company in 1973.
  35. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2015SS Coat 2015SScoat A coat from Comme des Garçons, Spring/Summer 2015.
    The house was founded in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated as a company in 1973.
  36. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2015SS Rose Vest 2015SSvest A vest from Comme des Garçons, dated to the Spring/Summer 2015 season.
    The house was founded by Rei Kawakubo in Tokyo in 1969 and incorporated in 1973. Kawakubo has designed the main line continuously…
  37. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2014FW Shoes 2014FWshoes Shoes attributed to Comme des Garçons for Autumn/Winter 2014.
    The house was founded in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated as a company in 1973. Footwear under the Comme des Garçons name…
  38. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2013FW Vest 2013FW A black pinstriped button-front waistcoat with layered fabric bows gathered across the chest and shoulder.
  39. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2013FW Vest 2013FW A vest from Comme des Garçons, Fall/Winter 2013.
    The house was founded in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated in 1973, with its Paris debut in 1981. Comme des Garçons is recognised…
  40. Céline Céline by Phoebe Philo 2013SS Top 2013SS An ivory sleeveless top with a crossed high neckline and a folded front panel that opens into an asymmetric hem.
  41. Prada Prada 2013SS Dress 2013SSdress A dress from Prada, designed by Miuccia Prada for the Spring/Summer 2013 season.
    It belongs to her solo creative direction of the early 2010s, a conceptual and frequently print-led period that balanced embellishment against…
  42. Prada Prada 2013SS Skirt 2013SS A skirt from Prada, designed by Miuccia Prada for the Spring/Summer 2013 season.
    This sits within her solo creative direction of the late 2000s and early 2010s, a conceptual, often print-led period that set…
  43. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2013SS Dress 2013SSdress A dress from Comme des Garçons, Spring/Summer 2013.
    The house was founded in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated as a company in 1973.
  44. Céline Céline by Phoebe Philo 2013SS Top 2013SS An ivory sleeveless top with a rounded neckline and a broad knotted fold drawn across the chest.
    An overlapping front panel falls into an asymmetric hem.
  45. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2012FW 2D Dress 2012FW A black sleeveless dress with a flat pointed collar, raised circular appliqués and broad folded panels projecting from the hips.
  46. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2012FW 2D Dress 2012FW A 2D dress from Comme des Garçons, Fall/Winter 2012.
    The house was founded in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated in 1973, with its Paris debut in 1981. It is known for…
  47. Ann Demeulemeester Ann Demeulemeester 2012SS Dress 2012SS A Spring/Summer 2012 dress from Ann Demeulemeester, designed by Ann Demeulemeester, who led the house until her departure in late 2013.
    This falls within her late period at the label. Draped fluidity, asymmetric hemlines,…
  48. Ann Demeulemeester Ann Demeulemeester 2011FW Blazer 2011FWblazer A blazer from Ann Demeulemeester's autumn-winter 2011 collection.
    The house was led by founder Ann Demeulemeester, who designed its womenswear throughout this period. The work draws on her established codes: androgynous, menswear-derived tailoring on…
  49. Rick Owens Rick Owens 2011SS Jacket 2011SSjacket A spring/summer 2011 jacket from Rick Owens, the house founded in Los Angeles in 1994 and based in Paris since 2003.
    Owens has been the house's sole designer since its founding, so the 2011SS…
  50. Ann Demeulemeester Ann Demeulemeester 2011SS Coat 2011SScoat A coat from Ann Demeulemeester's spring-summer 2011 collection, designed by founder Ann Demeulemeester, who led the house's womenswear in this period.
    It reflects her late-era codes: asymmetric, fluid silhouettes, deconstructed tailoring, and a palette…
  51. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2011SS Blazer 2011SSblazer A blazer from Comme des Garçons for Spring/Summer 2011.
    The house's main line was designed throughout this era by Rei Kawakubo, who founded Comme des Garçons in Tokyo in 1969 and incorporated it in…
  52. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2010FW Coat 2010FWcoat A Fall/Winter 2010 coat from Comme des Garçons, designed by Rei Kawakubo, who has led the house since its founding in 1969 (incorporated 1973).
  53. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2010SS Blazer 2010SSblazer A blazer from Comme des Garçons for Spring/Summer 2010.
    The house's main line was designed throughout this era by Rei Kawakubo, who founded Comme des Garçons in Tokyo in 1969 and incorporated it in…
  54. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2009FW Coat 2009FWMainline Femme A coat from Yohji Yamamoto, the work of the founder and continuous creative director of the house he established in Tokyo in the early 1970s.
    The piece dates to the Autumn/Winter 2009 collection, a…
  55. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2009FW Coat 2009FWMainline Femme A coat from Yohji Yamamoto, the work of the founder and continuous creative director of the house he established in Tokyo in the early 1970s.
    The piece dates to the Autumn/Winter 2009 collection, a…
  56. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2009FW Coat 2009FWMainline Femme A coat from Yohji Yamamoto, the work of the founder and continuous creative director of the house he established in Tokyo in the early 1970s.
    The piece dates to the Autumn/Winter 2009 collection, a…
  57. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2009SS Skirt 2009SSskirt A Spring/Summer 2009 skirt from Comme des Garçons.
    Rei Kawakubo, who founded the house in Tokyo in 1969 and incorporated it in 1973, designed the main line throughout this period.
  58. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2009SS Jacket 2009SSjacket A jacket from Comme des Garçons, Spring/Summer 2009.
    Rei Kawakubo designed the house's main line throughout this period — a run of single-concept collections marked by abstraction, sculptural volume, and a recurring engagement with…
  59. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2008FW Blazer 2008FW A black single-breasted blazer cut with three large irregular openings across the front.
    Each opening is framed with gathered black trim.
  60. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2008FW Blazer 2008FW A blazer from Comme des Garçons, Autumn/Winter 2008.
    The house was founded in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated as a company in 1973, with its Paris debut in 1981.
  61. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2008SS Jumpsuit 2008SSMainline Femmejumpsuit A jumpsuit from Yohji Yamamoto's Spring/Summer 2008 collection.
    Yohji Yamamoto is the founder and continuous creative director of the house. This season sits in the 2000s, a stretch of sustained mainline maturity. The house…
  62. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2008SS Blazer 2008SSMainline Femmeblazer A blazer from Yohji Yamamoto's Spring/Summer 2008 collection.
    Yohji Yamamoto has led the house since founding it in Tokyo in the early 1970s. The season falls within the house's 2000s mainline maturity. The tailoring…
  63. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2008SS Suit 2008SSMainline Femmesuit A suit from Yohji Yamamoto's Spring/Summer 2008 collection.
    Yamamoto has designed the house himself since founding it, and this season sits within its continued maturity in the 2000s. The house's tailoring draws on workwear-derived…
  64. Chanel Chanel 2008SS Dress 2008SSdress A dress from Chanel's Spring/Summer 2008 collection, designed by Karl Lagerfeld, then well into his tenure as the house's creative director.
    The season falls within the brand-forward 2000s of his work at Chanel, when…
  65. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2007FW Archive Jacket with Padded Hand Motifs 2007FWjacket A jacket with padded hand motifs from Comme des Garçons, Autumn/Winter 2007.
    The house was informally founded in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated as a company in 1973.
  66. Jil Sander Jil Sander by Raf Simons 2007FW Dress 2007FW A dress from Jil Sander's Fall/Winter 2007 collection, designed by Raf Simons, creative director of the house from 2005 to 2012.
    Jil Sander was founded in 1968 in Hamburg on a reductive, Bauhaus-grounded approach…
  67. Jil Sander Jil Sander by Raf Simons 2007FW Dress 2007FW A dress from Jil Sander's Fall/Winter 2007 collection, designed by Raf Simons, creative director of the house from 2005 to 2012.
    Jil Sander was founded in 1968 in Hamburg on a reductive, Bauhaus-grounded approach…
  68. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2007SS Archive Top 2007SStop A top from Comme des Garçons, Spring/Summer 2007.
    The house was informally founded in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated as a company in 1973.
  69. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2007SS Shoes 2007SSshoes Shoes attributed to Comme des Garçons for Spring/Summer 2007.
    The house was founded in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated in 1973. Footwear under the Comme des Garçons name spans both main-line…
  70. Issey Miyake Issey Miyake 2007SS Blazer 2007SSblazer A blazer from Issey Miyake for the 2007 spring/summer season.
    SS2007 falls within Naoki Takizawa's tenure as main-line creative director; Dai Fujiwara succeeded him from the following FW2007 cycle. The house was founded in…
  71. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2007SS Coat 2007SSMainline Femmecoat A coat from Yohji Yamamoto, designed by the founder and sole creative director who has overseen every season since the house began in Tokyo in the early 1970s.
    It is from the Spring/Summer 2007…
  72. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons Tao 2007SS Skirt 2007SSTaoskirt A skirt from Tao Comme des Garçons, the line designed by Tao Kurihara within the Comme des Garçons family of labels founded by Rei Kawakubo.
    The Tao line ran from 2005 to 2011. The…
  73. Jil Sander Jil Sander by Raf Simons 2007SS Coat 2007SScoat A coat from Jil Sander's Spring/Summer 2007 collection, designed by Raf Simons, creative director of the house from 2005 to 2012.
    The house was founded in 1968 in Hamburg and is grounded in precision…
  74. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2007SS Suit 2007SSsuit A suit from Comme des Garçons, Spring/Summer 2007.
    The house was founded in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated in 1973, with its Paris debut in 1981. It is known for deconstruction…
  75. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2006FW Belted Blazer 2006FWblazer A belted blazer from Comme des Garçons, Autumn/Winter 2006.
    The house was informally founded in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated as a company in 1973.
  76. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2006FW Coat 2006FWcoat A coat from Comme des Garçons, Autumn/Winter 2006.
    The house was informally founded in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated as a company in 1973.
  77. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2006FW Dress 2006FWdress A Fall/Winter 2006 dress from Comme des Garçons, designed by Rei Kawakubo, head of the house since its founding in 1969 (incorporated 1973).
  78. Maison Margiela Martin Margiela 2006FW Dress 2006FWdress A dress from the Autumn/Winter 2006 season, produced and labelled under Maison Martin Margiela.
    This falls within the founder's tenure — Martin Margiela led the house from 1988 until his departure in late 2009…
  79. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2006FW Jacket 2006FWjacket A jacket from Comme des Garçons for Autumn/Winter 2006.
    Rei Kawakubo designed the main line throughout the 2000s, a run of single-concept seasons engaging sculptural volume and tailoring. She founded the house in Tokyo…
  80. Chanel Chanel 2006SS Blazer 2006SSblazer A blazer from Chanel's Spring/Summer 2006 collection, designed by Karl Lagerfeld.
    The season falls within the brand-forward 2000s of his tenure, drawing on the house's bouclé tweed tailoring and the collarless cardigan-jacket. Chanel was…
  81. Prada Prada 2006SS Coat 2006SS A coat from Prada's spring/summer 2006 collection, designed by Miuccia Prada, sole creative director of the house.
    The piece dates to the early-to-mid 2000s, a period of intellectual minimalism set against deliberately off-kilter decoration.…
  82. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2005FW Archive Skirt 2005FWskirt A Fall/Winter 2005 dress from Comme des Garçons.
    Rei Kawakubo, who founded the house in 1969 and incorporated it in 1973, designed the main line throughout the 2000s.
  83. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2005FW Coat 2005FWMainline Femmecoat A coat from Yohji Yamamoto's Autumn/Winter 2005 collection.
    Yamamoto has designed the house himself since founding it, and this season falls within its continued maturity in the 2000s. The house is known for soft…
  84. Maison Margiela Martin Margiela 2005SS Skirt 2005SSskirt A Spring/Summer 2005 skirt from Maison Martin Margiela, the Paris house founded in 1988 by Martin Margiela and Jenny Meirens.
    The season falls within Martin Margiela's tenure as founder and creative director, the conceptual…
  85. Chanel Chanel 2005SS Coat 2005SScoat A coat from Chanel's Spring/Summer 2005 collection, designed by Karl Lagerfeld, who held the creative-director role across all collections of this period.
    The house's tailoring vocabulary of the era draws on the bouclé tweed…
  86. Chanel Chanel 2005SS Skirt 2005SSskirt A skirt from Chanel's Spring/Summer 2005 collection, designed by Karl Lagerfeld.
    The season sits within the brand-forward 2000s of his tenure, when the bouclé tweed, gilt chain detailing and interlocking double-C were the house's…
  87. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2004FW Jacket 2004FWjacket A jacket from Comme des Garçons, Autumn/Winter 2004.
    The house was informally founded in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated as a company in 1973.
  88. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2004FW Blazer 2004FWblazer A blazer from Comme des Garçons, Autumn/Winter 2004.
    The house was informally founded in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated as a company in 1973.
  89. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2004FW Skirt 2004FWskirt A Fall/Winter 2004 skirt from Comme des Garçons.
    Rei Kawakubo, who founded the house in Tokyo in 1969 and incorporated it in 1973, designed the main line throughout the 2000s.
  90. Prada Prada 2004FW Handbag 2004FWbag A handbag from Prada, the house founded in Milan in 1913 by Mario Prada as the leather-goods and luggage maker Fratelli Prada.
    It dates to the Autumn/Winter 2004 season, when ready-to-wear was directed by…
  91. Prada Prada 2004FW Top 2004FWtop A top from Prada's Autumn/Winter 2004 collection, designed by Miuccia Prada, sole credited creative voice of the house.
    The mid-2000s collections sustained an 'ugly chic' sophistication, pairing technical and nylon fabrics with noble materials…
  92. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2004SS Achive Skirt 2004SSMainline Femmeskirt A skirt from Yohji Yamamoto, Spring/Summer 2004, the work of founder and sole creative director Yohji Yamamoto.
    The season sits in the 2000s, a period of mainline maturity for the house. The house's cutting…
  93. Prada Prada 2004SS Dress 2004SSdress A dress from Prada's spring/summer 2004 collection, designed by Miuccia Prada under her sole creative direction.
    The piece dates to the early-to-mid 2000s, a period of cerebral, anti-overt-glamour design in Prada's work, when clean…
  94. Chanel Chanel 2003FW High Heels 2003FWheels Heels from Chanel's Autumn/Winter 2003 collection, designed under Karl Lagerfeld.
    The season falls in Lagerfeld's logo-era at Chanel — the period following the first Métiers d'art show of December 2002 — when the interlocking…
  95. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2003SS Dress 2003SSMainline Femmedress A dress from Yohji Yamamoto's Spring/Summer 2003 collection.
    The house language of this period draws on three-dimensional draping, asymmetry, and monochrome cloth, developed continuously since the Paris debut in 1981. The cut favours volume…
  96. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2003SS Coat 2003SSMainline Femmecoat A coat from Yohji Yamamoto's Spring/Summer 2003 collection.
    By this point the house had a long-established language of deconstruction, exposed seams, and predominantly monochrome cloth, developed since its Paris debut in 1981. The cut…
  97. Chanel Chanel 2002SS Skirt 2002SSskirt A skirt from Chanel's Spring/Summer 2002 collection, designed by Karl Lagerfeld, who held the creative-director role across all collections of this period.
    The season sits within the brand-forward 2000s of his tenure, when the…
  98. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2002SS Dress 2002SSdress A dress from Comme des Garçons, Spring/Summer 2002.
    Rei Kawakubo designed the house's main line throughout this period — from the early 2000s structured as discrete single-concept studies rather than commercial ranges.
  99. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2001SS Archive Top 2001SSMainline Femmetop A spring/summer 2001 top from Yohji Yamamoto, the house founded by Yamamoto in Tokyo in the early 1970s and first shown in Paris in 1981.
    The piece dates from the early 2000s, a period…
  100. Ann Demeulemeester Ann Demeulemeester 2001SS Jacket 2001SSjacket A jacket from Ann Demeulemeester's spring-summer 2001 collection, designed by founder Ann Demeulemeester.
    It belongs to her peak period, when leather harnessing, asymmetric cuts, and androgynous tailoring were fully established house signatures within a…
  101. Issey Miyake Issey Miyake 2000FW Archive Skirt 2000FWskirt A skirt from Issey Miyake, dated to the autumn/winter 2000 season.
    By this date the main line was directed by Naoki Takizawa, who took over the women's collection from spring/summer 2000 after Issey Miyake…
  102. Issey Miyake Issey Miyake 2000FW Egg Carton Blazer 2000FWblazer A blazer from Issey Miyake for the 2000 autumn/winter season, designed by Naoki Takizawa, who took over the main line from SS2000.
    The house was founded in Tokyo in 1970 by Issey Miyake, who…
  103. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 2000FW Blazer 2000FWblazer A blazer from Comme des Garçons, dated to the Fall/Winter 2000 season.
    The house was founded informally by Rei Kawakubo in Tokyo in 1969 and incorporated in 1973. Kawakubo has designed the main line…
  104. Jil Sander Jil Sander 2000FW Skirt 2000FWskirt A skirt from Jil Sander's Fall/Winter 2000 collection, the final collection of founder Jil Sander's first tenure, completed before her departure in 2000.
    It belongs to her founder-era minimalism, the 'Queen of Less' approach…
  105. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2000SS Suit 2000SSMainline Femmesuit A spring/summer 2000 suit from Yohji Yamamoto, the work of Yamamoto, who founded the house in Tokyo in the early 1970s and has directed it himself ever since.
    The piece dates from the turn…
  106. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2000SS Achive Skirt 2000SSMainline Femmeskirt A skirt from Yohji Yamamoto, Spring/Summer 2000, the work of Yohji Yamamoto.
    The season opens the 2000s, a stretch of continued mainline maturity that carried forward the drape-led, monochrome language developed through the 1990s.…
  107. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 2000SS Top 2000SSMainline Femmetop A top from Yohji Yamamoto, the work of the founder and sole creative director who has overseen every season since the house began in Tokyo in the early 1970s.
    The piece is from the…
  108. Chanel Chanel 1999FW Suit 1999FWsuit A suit from Chanel's Autumn/Winter 1999 collection, designed by Karl Lagerfeld, then over a decade into his tenure.
    The late-1990s collections reworked the house codes at ready-to-wear pace, foregrounding signatures such as the bouclé…
  109. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 1999SS Blazer 1999SSMainline Femme A blazer from Yohji Yamamoto's Spring/Summer 1999 collection.
    Yamamoto has designed the house himself since founding it, and this season falls within the 1990s, the period in which the house's tailored deconstruction and drape-led…
  110. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 1999SS Blazer 1999SSMainline Femme A blazer from Yohji Yamamoto's Spring/Summer 1999 collection.
    Yamamoto has designed the house himself since founding it, and this season falls within the 1990s, the period in which the house's tailored deconstruction and drape-led…
  111. Issey Miyake Issey Miyake 1999SS Skirt 1999SSskirt A skirt from Issey Miyake for the 1999 spring/summer season.
    1999SS was among Issey Miyake's last main-line womenswear seasons before he handed the line to Naoki Takizawa for SS2000, withdrawing to focus on textile…
  112. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 1999SS Suit 1999SSMainline Femmesuit A suit from Yohji Yamamoto, the Tokyo house led since its early-1970s founding by its namesake designer as sole creative director.
    It belongs to the Spring/Summer 1999 collection, part of the house's 1990s period…
  113. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 1998FW Archive Dress 1998FWdress A Fall/Winter 1998 dress from Comme des Garçons, the house Rei Kawakubo founded in Tokyo in 1969 and incorporated in 1973.
    Kawakubo designed the main line throughout the late 1990s.
  114. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 1998FW Archive Skirt 1998FWskirt A Fall/Winter 1998 skirt from Comme des Garçons, the house Rei Kawakubo founded in 1969 and incorporated in 1973.
    Kawakubo designed the main line throughout the late 1990s.
  115. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 1998FW Coat 1998FWcoat A coat from Comme des Garçons, Fall/Winter 1998.
    Rei Kawakubo founded and heads the house and designed its main line throughout this period. The late 1990s mark a conceptual peak in her work, defined…
  116. Prada Prada 1998SS Coat 1998SScoat A coat from Prada, designed by Miuccia Prada for the Spring/Summer 1998 season.
    It dates to the late-1990s 'ugly chic' period, in which off-key palettes, geometric and 1950s-derived prints, and restrained but deliberately awkward…
  117. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 1998SS Achive Blazer 1998SSblazer A Spring/Summer 1998 blazer from Comme des Garçons, the house founded by Rei Kawakubo in Tokyo in 1969 and incorporated in 1973.
    Kawakubo designed the house's main line throughout this period.
  118. Prada Prada 1998SS Top 1998SS A top from Prada's Spring/Summer 1998 collection, designed by Miuccia Prada.
    It belongs to the house's peak 'ugly chic' period, characterised by subverted 'bad taste', retro and op-art prints, and restrained but deliberately awkward…
  119. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 1998SS Suit 1998SSsuit A suit from Comme des Garçons, Spring/Summer 1998.
    Rei Kawakubo designed the house's main line throughout this period — a late-1990s conceptual peak characterised by anti-fit, asymmetry, and pattern-cutting treated as concept rather than…
  120. Prada Prada 1998SS High Heels 1998SSheels A pair of high heels from Prada's Spring/Summer 1998 collection, designed by Miuccia Prada, who held sole creative authority at the house.
    The season belongs to Prada's late-1990s 'ugly chic' era, when the house…
  121. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 1998SS Blazer 1998SSMainline Femmeblazer A blazer from Yohji Yamamoto's Spring/Summer 1998 collection, designed by Yamamoto himself.
    This season sits within the 1990s, the period in which the house's tailored deconstruction and drape-led approach reached a celebrated maturity.
  122. Prada Prada 1998SS Top 1998SS A top from Prada's Spring/Summer 1998 collection, designed by Miuccia Prada.
    It belongs to the house's peak 'ugly chic' period, characterised by subverted 'bad taste', retro and op-art prints, and restrained but deliberately awkward…
  123. Prada Prada 1998SS Skirt 1998SSskirt A skirt from Prada's spring/summer 1998 collection, designed by Miuccia Prada, who held sole creative direction of the house.
    The piece dates to the late-1990s 'ugly chic' era, characterised by subverted 'bad taste', off-key…
  124. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 1997FW Archive Dress 1997FWdress A dress from Comme des Garçons, Autumn/Winter 1997.
    The house was informally founded in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated as a company in 1973.
  125. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 1997FW Archive Coat 1997FWcoat A coat from Comme des Garçons, Autumn/Winter 1997.
    The house was informally founded in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated as a company in 1973.
  126. Ann Demeulemeester Ann Demeulemeester 1997FW Blazer 1997FWblazer A blazer from Ann Demeulemeester's autumn-winter 1997 collection, designed by founder Ann Demeulemeester.
    The piece reflects her early-period deconstructed tailoring, with the exposed seams and off-kilter cutting inherited from the Antwerp tradition, in a…
  127. Ann Demeulemeester Ann Demeulemeester 1997FW Top 1997FWtop A top from Ann Demeulemeester's autumn-winter 1997 collection, designed by founder Ann Demeulemeester.
    It dates from her mature early period, characterised by romantic-gothic minimalism, the asymmetric draped silhouette, and a black-and-white palette. Androgyny, drawn…
  128. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 1997FW Dress 1997FWMainline Femmedress A dress from Yohji Yamamoto's Autumn/Winter 1997 collection.
    Yamamoto designed this season himself, as he has every season of the house. The 1990s saw the maturation of the house language: drape-led construction, monochrome palettes,…
  129. Prada Prada 1997SS Top 1997SS A top from Prada, designed by Miuccia Prada for the Spring/Summer 1997 season.
    It sits in the house's late-1990s 'banal eccentricity' era, when retro and geometric prints and intentionally awkward proportions were rendered desirable.…
  130. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 1997SS Dress 1997SSMainline Femmedress A dress from Yohji Yamamoto, the work of the founder and sole creative director who has overseen the house since its incorporation in Tokyo in the early 1970s.
    It dates to the Spring/Summer 1997…
  131. Prada Prada 1997SS Blouse 1997SSblouse A blouse from Prada's Spring/Summer 1997 collection, designed by Miuccia Prada.
    It dates from the house's 'ugly chic' era, when off-key palettes, retro and geometric prints, and deliberately awkward proportions were rendered desirable. Prada…
  132. Issey Miyake Issey Miyake 1996SS Archive Skirt 1996SSskirt A skirt from Issey Miyake, dated to the spring/summer 1996 season, designed by Issey Miyake for the main womenswear line he founded in Tokyo in 1970.
  133. Issey Miyake Issey Miyake 1996SS Blouse 1996SSblouse A blouse from Issey Miyake, SS1996.
    The main womenswear line was designed by founder Issey Miyake himself in this period, with PLEATS PLEASE established as a separate line since 1993. Textile innovation through the…
  134. Ann Demeulemeester Ann Demeulemeester 1995FW Archive Top 1995FWtop A top from Ann Demeulemeester's autumn-winter 1995 collection, designed by founder Ann Demeulemeester.
    It dates from her mature early period of romantic-gothic minimalism, marked by asymmetric draping, fluid layering, and a monochrome black-and-white palette.
  135. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 1995FW Dress 1995FWMainline Femmedress A dress from Yohji Yamamoto's Autumn/Winter 1995 collection.
    The mid-1990s belong to the house's collectible 'golden era' of drape-led womenswear, tailored deconstruction, and monochrome palettes. Yohji Yamamoto has directed the house himself since its…
  136. Issey Miyake Issey Miyake 1994SS Archive Top 1994SStop A black sleeveless polyester top formed from narrow vertical pleats.
    Curving bands wrap around the body to make a raised collar, sheer intervals and an irregular flared hem.
  137. Issey Miyake Issey Miyake 1993FW Archive Pleated Trench Coat 1993FWtrench coat A black polyester trench coat with a broad pointed collar, double-breasted front and matching belt.
    Fine vertical pleats run through the long body, contrasted by softly crinkled sleeves and shoulder panels; angled pockets sit…
  138. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 1993FW Coat 1993FWMainline Femmecoat An autumn/winter 1993 coat from Yohji Yamamoto, designed by the house's founder.
    The season falls in the 1990s, the period in which the house's tailored deconstruction and drape-led cutting matured. Soft tailored outerwear and…
  139. Issey Miyake Issey Miyake 1993SS Archive Top 1993SStop A sleeveless white cotton shirt with squared shoulders, pointed collar, button front and a flap chest pocket.
    An airbrushed black graphic of stars and curved forms spreads asymmetrically across the front, fading into the…
  140. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 1993SS Archive Coat 1993SSMainline Femmecoat A spring/summer 1993 coat from Yohji Yamamoto, the work of Yamamoto, who has led the house since founding it in Tokyo in the early 1970s.
    The piece belongs to the 1990s, when the house…
  141. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 1992FW Coat 1992FWcoat A coat from Comme des Garçons, Autumn/Winter 1992.
    The house was founded in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated as a company in 1973, with its Paris debut in 1981.
  142. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 1991FW Jumpsuit 1991FWMainline Femmejumpsuit A jumpsuit from Yohji Yamamoto's Autumn/Winter 1991 collection.
    Yohji Yamamoto has led the house since its founding. The season belongs to the 1990s, a period in which the house language matured into tailored deconstruction…
  143. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 1991FW Coat 1991FWMainline Femmecoat A coat from Yohji Yamamoto's Autumn/Winter 1991 collection.
    Yohji Yamamoto has led the house since its founding. The season belongs to the 1990s, when the house language matured into tailored deconstruction and drape-led cutting…
  144. Issey Miyake Issey Miyake 1991SS Archive Blouse 1991SSblouse A blouse from Issey Miyake, SS1991.
    The main line was designed by founder Issey Miyake himself, who was developing pleated garments within the main Issey Miyake line in this period, before the standalone PLEATS…
  145. Issey Miyake Issey Miyake 1989FW Blouse 1989FWblouse A blouse from Issey Miyake for the 1989 autumn/winter season, designed by Issey Miyake himself.
    This falls within his active pleating-development period in the main line, when garment-then-pleat technique was present several years before…
  146. Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 1988SS Blazer 1988SS A blazer from Comme des Garçons, Spring/Summer 1988.
    The house was founded informally in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and incorporated as a company in 1973; Kawakubo designed the main line throughout this…
  147. Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Yamamoto 1986FW Blazer 1986FWMainline Femmeblazer A blazer from Yohji Yamamoto's Autumn/Winter 1986 collection.
    Yohji Yamamoto founded the house in Tokyo in the early 1970s and showed it in Paris from 1981. The season sits in the foundational 1980s avant-garde…
  148. Issey Miyake Issey Miyake 1985FW Dress 1985FWdress A dress from Issey Miyake, FW1985.
    The line was designed by founder Issey Miyake himself in this pre-Pleats-Please era, characterised by sculptural 'body and space' work that treated clothing as architecture around the body…
  149. Jean Paul Gaultier Jean Paul Gaultier FEMME Blazer Mainline Femmeblazer A black wool FEMME blazer with broad peak lapels and a six-button double-breasted front.
    Layered welt-pocket detailing interrupts the long, straight tailoring.