Deconstructing the stand blue business shirt is the mantra of Comme des Garcons Shirt and for its SS20 collection, the label offered artsy takes on that requisite part of any man's wardrobe with colorful geometric shapes and even fake-leather jerkins like one might see at a medieval joust. Just par for the course for Comme des Garcons.

As is tradition, Comme des Garcons offers up their Shirt collection a day or two after they show their main Homme Plus collection. For FW19, the Shirt label played with the wearability of the standard blue oxford shirt by offering them with abstract fabric caricatures or double shirts while deconstructed jackets offered layering options.

Comme des Garcons (abbreviated to CdG here) Homme Plus offered a punk-inspired collection of mostly black layers and hard-edged accessories. However, even before designer Rei Kawakubo clarified what the collection was about, one could easily see the stunning tailored jackets and coats throughout the collection, mixed in with rougher pieces. One particular brocade jacket looked as sumptuous as something one might see from Tom Ford but mixed with the darker elements of the collection gave it a darker, subversive feel versus unabashed opulence. One finds that Kawakubo might be tapping into the childhood mantra of "don't judge a book by its cover" with this collection of surprisingly luxurious garments dressed up, or in this case, down, as something else.

As is now tradition, the CdG Shirt show started with the Boy collection, offering playful prints on colorful shirts that had a very strong adolescent vibe to them - at the very least, appealed to men who are not quite ready to get rid of their childhood wonder. As the show transitioned to the Shirt collection, the striped blue shirting that the label is known was transformed into color blocked shirts and pull over summer anoraks while prints of African masks harkened the Boy collection's playful prints with more grown up and scarier looking mask prints, all reminiscent of Basquiat's drawings which the label offered last season on their shirts.

There are actually two different lines shown during Comme des Garcons Shirt's runway. There is, of course, the Shirt line but also a sub-label: Boy. The latter came first, as if by age order, and it was undoubtedly younger with fun bunny and mouse ear hoodies and caps that was also seen on the shirt shoulders themselves. As for the Shirt label, there was a bit of subversion in the straps and belted details on the shirts or actual straps on the leather outfits in the final looks. There was also a series of special edition shirts featuring the artwork by famed New York City artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Bifurcated hairstyles and a lighthearted collection anchored Comme des Garcons Shirt's latest fashion offerings. There were polkadot shirts, seersucker, patchwork and more in the show that presented both the Shirt label and the Shirt Boys label.

Rei Kawakubo, currently the subject of The Metropolitan Museum's latest fashion exhibit, created a vampy Spring/Summer 2018 collection for her Comme des Garcons Homme Plus label. The result was a high volume and colorful collection of garments that offered much in terms of exuberance and flamboyance. There were sequences, glittery wigs, and a hodgepodge of quirky details like fur sleeves, culotes and more to digest.

As has been tradition, the Comme des Garcon Shirt show during Paris Fashion Week offered two collections the Shirt label and its sub-label Boys. The former showed shirts with faces, like a reflection of the wearer while the latter offered cool and youthful knits and a single oversized toggle coat.

Fluorescent-hued wigs, bolero jackets, and a rebellion against tradition was what Rei Kawakubo proffered for her FW17 collection for Comme des Garcons Homme Plus. Glitter also played a role in the collection that seemed to upend gender and trailoring norms, as did skirts, flouncy blouses and a finale of shirtless models.

Comme des Garcons Shirt's collection will not change the course of fashion, instead the collection, and the sub-collection Boy, proffer wearable iterations of the dress shirt. An easy comparison is seeing CdG Homme Plus as a "couture-like" collection meaning it's highly conceptual and could change the course of fashion while Shirt and Boy are the "ready to wear-like" collections that are more accessible and here, this was seen in the Shirt and Boy collections: a plethora of army/camo-esque shirts to support and hold up the Prince that Homme Plus proffered in its SS17 show.

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.

The juxtaposition of austere tailoring and floral headpieces at Comme des Garcons was a stark reminder that Rei Kawakubo is one of fashion's best. The off-beat tailoring (too tight around the waist, for example, or elongated and boxy jackets) blended well with mixed media details on sleeves or shoulders with armor-like details brought a certain amount of manliness to collection. The dialogue of masculinity was definitely in the air, especially in today's state of fashion where there's a blurrier divide between menswear and womenswear.

The expanding Comme des Garcons universe recently introduced a younger, more approachable collection simply named Boy and the result for SS16 was shrunken suits, fitted shirts, and a cool anorak, all worn by boyish models. Meanwhile, the Shirt label proffered a punky aesthetic, complete with graphic shirts, joggers, and plenty of cut-out details because what's a high end shirt without some quirky detailing?

Rei Kawakubo took the elite and monied slashed their traditions and customs for Comme des Garcons' SS16 collection. Raw-edged jackets were juxtaposed with suits with prints of classically dressed men playing a round of golf while metallic details on shoes and short suits hinted at Kawakubo's interpretation there is a new class that has brought in a new way to live and dress.

A youthful start to Comme des Garcons Shirt's Fall/Winter 2015 collection came with a new sub-label for the Shirt, much more youthful than what Rei Kawakubo usually proffers for the Shirt line, this sub-label is aptly named Shirt Boy. The two could be distinguished not just by their deviating styles but also by the wigs the models wore. The wigged section, if you will, was Comme des Garcons Shirt and it was riddled with classic patterns like blue pinstripe and thrown through the mind of Kawakubo to emerge fresher and arty-er, with drawn graphics, or bejeweled at the bottom or turned into a comfy hoodie.

The focus at Comme des Garcons Shirt is (yes) the shirts. They were exuberant in color, texture and design. They ran mostly elongated with shrunken fits while a flurry of more extravagant iterations came in florals, tye dye, and even three dimensional ones with stars and flowers, some sporting interesting pocket choices; it was quite whimsical. Meanwhile there was plenty of non-shirt options as well, from angularly cut bermudas to rolled up pants. The finale saw some great shrunken jackets in classic shirt-patterns like a blue and yellow mini stripe. The world of Rei Kawakubo is quite a place to be, from yesterday's London gangster to today's eccentric lads.

The expansive world of Comme des Garcons is usually best known for the avant-garde designs seen on Comme des Garcons Homme Plus. Take Homme Plus' FW14 show that showcased suits, shirts and trousers with cut out. For Shirt's FW14 collection, Rei Kawakubo focused on the various ways men wear shirts. Utilitarian designs like blue pinstripe, slightly oversized, are sure to be favorites for young professionals, while more adventurous designs with interesting patterns, or even one with a diagonal closure, will please those who love Kawakubo's designs but can't afford the price point of Homme Plus.