NO SURPRISE THAT THERE ARE EIGHT COMME DES GARÇONS SIX MAGAZINES. THE TWIST IS THAT WE HAVEN'T WRITTEN ABOUT THEM BEFORE. NOW WE HAVE TWO SETS WITH THE SLIP COVERS AND, ON LOOKING AGAIN, HAVE SEEN NEW THINGS. WHAT ELSE HAVE WE BEEN MISSING ALL THESE YEARS?
Complete. Comme des Garçons SIX issues 1-8. 1988-1991. The supersized magazine art directed by the great Inoue Tsuguya under the direction, of course, of Rei Kawakubo.
We thought we knew these legendary amazines. But were amazed by new findings! They are undoubtedly the best thing a fashion brand ever made that wasn't clothing. They are just even better than that we thought!
Two photographs, a die-cut hole and one new image. Gisèle Freund's portrait of Jean Cocteau gives you the face. Shinji Mori's campaign photo dresses Cocteau in the latest Comme Homme Plus fashions.
Hard to explain. Not sure we need to try. This is all in the first issue from 1988.
John Malkovich photographed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Malkovich appears in more than one issue. He really was the homme of Comme in the late eighties.
Mickey Rourke makes an appearance. In a Suntory advert (there are ads) designed by Inoue Tsuguya with great disregard for the logic of that double page. It surely is Rourke's hand... but... two different photos right?
Robert Frank. London, 1952. In blue. The 4th issue is a huge photographic portfolio.
A major photobook in itself that issue.
The Satin Bowerbird is a playboy: he displays a blue collection to attract females. Philip Green's photograph, made into a famous Comme des Garçons SHIRT campaign by Inoue Tsuguya.
Classic Peter Lindbergh. Across the eight issues, Lindbergh will pull in the biggest page count. Somewhat more random pages following:
Harry Dean Stanton by Brian Griffin
Chickens by Salvador Dalí
A single page flash of pink hair by Juergen Teller
Alessandro Mendini's Lots of Dots installation.
Full of surprises!
And Juergen Teller again from the eighth issue - a full set of remarkable photographs of Anna Pawlowski.
The full set is a remarkable achievement. Owning them is an achievement in itself.