Rei Kawakubo brings Comme des Garçons to Singapore in a complete standalone store for the first time at the Hilton Shopping Gallery. Club 21 was an early-adopter of the brand and has been a loyal supporter – with various Comme des Garçons lines offered in Club 21, Club 21 Men, Club 21b as well as in pop-up shops. Now, the Comme des Garçons family is consolidated in one store.

The store will comprise different lines from the brand which includes Homme Plus, Shirt, Shirt Girl, Play and Black, which will also be available.

The label was started in Tokyo by Rei Kawakubo in 1969 and established as a company in Japan in 1973. Comme des Garçons became successful in Japan in the 1970s; a men's line was added in 1978. The year 1981 saw Comme des Garçons's debut show in Paris. It created a splash for its predominant use of black and distressed fabrics. Throughout the 1980s, Comme des Garçons's clothes often had the destroyed look.

After the Paris debut, Comme des Garçons exhibited photographs by Peter Lindbergh at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris in 1986 consisting of . The year 2005 saw an exhibition in Shinjuku, Tokyo of Comme Des Garçons advertising and graphic designs.

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