: THE JAPANESE SUIT

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????? THE JAPANESE SUIT Nihon no sebiro, sebiro
(rather than sutsu) from Savile Row From
Dorinne Kondos About Face Performing Race in
Fashion and Theater
COMME DES GARÇONS HOMME DEUX IS CLOTHING FOR THE
JAPANESE BUSINESSMAN OF THE FUTURE. IT IS THE
CLOTHING FOR THE SPIRITUAL ELITE, WHO LIVE AS
PART OF A HARMONIOUS WHOLE, YET STILL POSSESS A
CLEARLY DEFINED INDIVIDUALITY BASED ON INNER
REFINEMENT. WAKON YOSAI (JAPANESE SPIRIT AND
WESTERN KNOWLEDGE) expressed the Meiji mans way
of life. It means living by the Japanese spirit
while flexibly assimilating Western civilization.
Created in 1978, Comme des Garçons Homme is
clothing designed to keep alive the Meiji spirit
and aesthetic sensibility, carrying it into the
present. This clothing appealed to the young who
have no inferiority complex vis-à-vis the
West. Since the Industrial Revolution of the 19th
century, THE WORLD OF MENS CLOTHING possesses a
history in which the worlds economic and
cultural leader sets world style. Isnt the
timing right for Japan, now said to be a world
economic power, to set forth its own distinctive
style of menswear? COMME DES GARÇONS HOMME
DEUX is businesswear for this historical era.
Clothing that is easy to wear, tastefully
elegant, not restrictive to the body. As
preppie clothing represented to the Ivy Leaguer
of the American East Coast, this is the new
businesswear based on the aesthetic sensibility
of Japans business élite.