RUNWAY: Comme des Garcons SS17

An air of uncertainty has befallen Paris Fashion Week and on the first day after the historic "Brexit" vote, most of Europe, and the world, is in shock. Then comes Rei Kawakubo's SS17 collection for her runway line Comme des Garcons Homme Plus centered on the tale "The Emperor's New Clothes". The collection interpreted the story quite literally with plenty of bared skin and transparent layers. The idea of nakedness was in full force and the result, while jarring if worn as-is on the streets, on the runway gave the collection a poetic and beautiful aura about it. Mix that in with the possibility of the talks that Scotland and a re-united Ireland breaking apart the United Kingdom and this show took on a whole new meaning.