Product Dimensions: 59.5 × 120 cm
Release Date: 1998
Price: $500 USD (¥55,000 JPY)
Condition: good
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corners have minor creases, scratches, and tears
a small tear along the fold near the center
design
Tsuguya Inoue (BEANS)
The publication comprises 24 pages in total, including the cover, produced from a single oversized sheet of paper measuring 59.5 × 120 cm, cut with a single horizontal slit across the center and folded down into book form. This distinctive binding method is reminiscent of formats often seen in Japanese dōjinshi (self-published works).
It was never made available for sale and did not circulate through regular distribution channels, and its very existence remains uncertain, making it one of the rarest Comme des Garçons publications.
This booklet was published by Comme des Garçons in 1998.
Its precise theme and purpose remain unclear, but together with its unconventional format, it stands as an exceptionally rare publication.
Designed by Tsuguya Inoue, who had long been responsible for Comme des Garçons’ advertising and printed materials.
It was never made available for sale and did not circulate through regular distribution channels, and its very existence remains uncertain, making it one of the rarest COMME des GARÇONS publications.
“Masses and Robinson Crusoe”
I sometimes wonder where things like loose socks worn by high-school girls came from, and where they are now disappearing to.
In the 1990s, Japanese people all seemed to chase after and wear the same things—Tamagotchi, Nike’s Air Max 95, Hello Kitty, and so on.
Here, copywriter Yuichi Watanabe contributes an essay that, in my interpretation, reflects the following ideas:
Watanabe’s text explores the strength of living as a singular individual—neither swept up by mainstream trends nor defined by an oppositional stance toward them. Drawing on the anthropological concept of the *marebito and the figure of Robinson Crusoe as symbols of isolation and self-reliance, he considers the rarity of existing outside both conformity and anti-conformity.
Although written from his own perspective, the essay naturally resonates with the aesthetic position of COMME des GARÇONS, quietly suggesting why it finds its place within this publication.
the marebito—a figure in Japanese folklore who appears from outside and introduces new cultural sensibilities
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