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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Adamson

Rei Kawakubo redefines men's suits with radical designs at Paris Fashion Week

Paris Fashion S/S 26 Comme des Garcons - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Rei Kawakubo, the ever-restless force behind Comme des Garçons, delivered a characteristically unpredictable twist on men’s tailoring, dismantling the traditional suit and remaking it in her own radical image.

Titled “Not Suits, But Suits,” the Paris Fashion Week show had models striding through a packed, overheated concrete venue Friday evening in looks that both nodded to and defied the idea of formalwear.

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