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Hilary Alexander comments on the latest collection by Comme des Garçons to hit the high street chain H&M By Hilary Alexander, Fashion Director Model wears Shirt, _24.99; scarf, _34.99; shorts, _29.99; all Comme des Gar_ons for H&M (020 7323 2211) When I first heard that Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons was creating a collection for H&M, I was staggered. Kawakubo is the “Greta Garbo of fashion”: a reclusive Japanese designer of iconic status who abhors the limelight and delights in contradiction. In three decades, she has built up a global following for her expensive designs, which confound the taste of the average shopper who is unfamiliar with either the rigorous, sustained discipline needed to maintain a truly avant-garde aesthetic, or the intellectual importance of an uneven hem, or a jacket with three sleeves. H&M,... [read full story]
