Comme des Garçons, founded by Rei Kawakubo in Tokyo in 1969, is a Japanese fashion label renowned for its avant-garde and unconventional designs. The brand's name, meaning "like boys" in French, reflects its androgynous and boundary-pushing aesthetic. Kawakubo's debut in Paris in 1981 challenged Western fashion norms with deconstructed silhouettes and a predominantly black palette.