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The houses

The houses.

Ten houses, and what makes each one worth the search.

  • Comme des Garçons

    Rei Kawakubo treats pattern-cutting like an argument. The pieces that win it are worth keeping.

  • Rick Owens

    The early Paris years, before the silhouette settled into a uniform.

  • Yohji Yamamoto

    Volume with intent. A Yohji shoulder still falls like nothing else.

  • Maison Margiela

    Deconstruction only works when the construction underneath was sound. His was.

  • Helmut Lang

    Vienna minimalism in 90s New York, utility hardware and all. Still reads as modern.

  • Jean Paul Gaultier

    Structure in places most tailoring goes soft. Decades on, it still holds that shape.

  • Prada

    Miuccia made beauty out of fabrics the industry called ugly. The nylon proved her right.

  • Burberry

    The gabardine still does its actual job: keeps the rain out.

  • Chloé

    Soft tailoring, cut close enough to still move like a dress.

  • Undercover

    Jun Takahashi's punk instincts, filtered through a pattern-maker's discipline.