Fashion is more than fabric; it is an expression, a statement, and for some, a revolution. Few brands have redefined the boundaries of fashion as dramatically as Comme des Garçons. Founded by the visionary Rei Kawakubo in Tokyo in 1969, the brand has comme des garcon continuously blurred the line between fashion and art, giving birth to garments that challenge, provoke, and inspire....

The Humble Beginnings of a Cultural Icon In the early 1980s, a laid-back surfer from Laguna Beach, California named Shawn Stüssy began shaping surfboards for a local following. With a marker in hand, he scrawled his last name across each board in a loose, graffiti-inspired script that Stussy Clothing would soon become one of the most recognizable logos in fashion history. What started...