What honor came in 2017?

A Met Costume Institute exhibition

Comme des Garçons Quiz: Black, Lumps and Bumps on the Runway

This comme des garçons quiz looks at clothes that question the body. Play 10 interactive questions on Rei Kawakubo founding the label in Tokyo, the 1981 Paris debut in black and distressed fabrics, nicknames from shocked critics, the 1997 lumps and bumps collection, the heart logo of the Play line, Dover Street Market and a 2017 Met exhibition.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Founder
Who founded Comme des Garçons?
City
In which city was the label founded?
Paris
When did Comme des Garçons debut in Paris?
Color
Which color dominated the early Paris shows?
Name
What does Comme des Garçons mean?
Lumps
What was the 1997 collection known for?
Play
Which logo marks the Play line?
Store
Which retail concept did the label create?
Met
What honor came in 2017?
Idea
What does Kawakubo's work often question?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who founded Comme des Garçons?
Answer: Rei Kawakubo
A Japanese designer.
Q2: In which city was the label founded?
Answer: Tokyo
In the 1970s.
Q3: When did Comme des Garçons debut in Paris?
Answer: 1981
A shocking show.
Q4: Which color dominated the early Paris shows?
Answer: Black
With distressed fabrics.
Q5: What does Comme des Garçons mean?
Answer: Like the boys
A French phrase.
Q6: What was the 1997 collection known for?
Answer: Padded lumps and bumps
Body Meets Dress.
Q7: Which logo marks the Play line?
Answer: A heart with eyes
Very recognizable.
Q8: Which retail concept did the label create?
Answer: Dover Street Market
Opened in London.
Q9: What honor came in 2017?
Answer: A Met Costume Institute exhibition
For a living designer.
Q10: What does Kawakubo's work often question?
Answer: Ideas of beauty and the body
Conceptual fashion.

Black, Lumps and Bold Ideas

Rei Kawakubo founded Comme des Garçons, French for like the boys, in Tokyo in the 1970s. When the label debuted in Paris in 1981 with black, distressed and asymmetric clothes, many critics were shocked, but the show changed fashion.

Kawakubo's work questions ideas of beauty and the body. Her 1997 collection, known as Body Meets Dress, Dress Meets Body, added padded lumps and bumps to garments, distorting the silhouette. The Play line, with its heart-with-eyes logo, became widely recognized.

The label created Dover Street Market, a creative store concept that opened in London. In 2017 the Met's Costume Institute honored Kawakubo with an exhibition, a rare tribute to a living designer.

What This Quiz Teaches

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Who founded the label
When it reached Paris
What the 1997 collection did
Which line is famous
How it was honored

Did You Know?

Kawakubo rarely gives interviews.
Many young designers trained with her.
The label also makes perfumes.
Black remains a house favorite.
Her shows are like art installations.