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COMME des GARÇONS has brought back Six, Rei Kawakubo’s magazine, with a new print edition combining archival material and contemporary work. The revival also includes installations in Tokyo, Paris and London and a limited collection of 12 T-shirts.
COMME des GARÇONS has revived Six, Rei Kawakubo’s short-lived art and fashion magazine, with a new print edition, installations in Tokyo, Paris and London, and a limited collection of 12 T-shirts. The project brings archival pages together with new work and reconnects the publication with the brand’s image-led approach to fashion.
The new issue is the first in 35 years and includes six archival covers and selected pages alongside work by contemporary image-makers. The source report says Kawakubo curated the new contributions to reflect the magazine’s spirit. The edition is being distributed as an exclusive mailer to selected clients in the cities hosting installations, according to Adrian Joffe, president of Comme des Garçons International.
The installations adapt the magazine’s imagery to each location. Pillars wrapped in archival pages appear at COMME des GARÇONS Aoyama in Tokyo and in the outdoor courtyard of Dover Street Market Paris. In London, a window exhibition can be viewed from outside Dover Street Market; a pillar display is also inside the store. The London presentation is listed as open through November 13 during Frieze London.
A companion collection comprises 12 T-shirts printed with selected artwork from Six. The shirts are available online and in person at Dover Street Market for a limited run, according to the report. The available source does not specify prices, quantities or the collection’s end date.
Six Returns Beyond the Magazine
The revival puts a publication with a compact original run back into public view through several formats: print, retail displays and clothing. That matters for readers who may not have encountered Six when it was published, while the use of archival material gives the project a direct link to the magazine’s original visual language.
The project also reflects how COMME des GARÇONS presents its work through images and ideas, rather than limiting the magazine to product promotion. The source describes Six as a conceptual look book that reached across fashion, art, photography, film and architecture. The installations bring that material into the public-facing spaces of the brand and Dover Street Market, although access to the new print edition appears limited to selected clients.
The T-shirt release makes some of the magazine’s art available as a wearable product, but the report does not say how many shirts have been made. The revival is therefore both an archival presentation and a limited retail release, with the extent of public access varying by format.
Comme des Garçons Six magazine T-shirts
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The Magazine’s Eight-Issue Run
Six was first published in 1988 and ran for eight editions before ending in 1991. It was a biannual publication associated with Kawakubo and COMME des GARÇONS. The report characterizes it as a conceptual look book, but says only a few pages featured the brand’s clothing directly.
Its contributors included Salvador Dalí, Robert Frank, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Peter Lindbergh, Issey Miyake and Yohji Yamamoto, among others. The original publication’s scope helps explain why the revival includes archival images and new work, rather than being presented simply as a brand catalogue.
The first issue described Six as “the sixth sense” and connected that idea with the surreal and with flair. In a statement quoted in the report, Kawakubo said high fashion needed “a mystery about it” and described the magazine’s direction as “visual representation of the collection, purely for image.”
““High fashion has to have a mystery about it.””
— Rei Kawakubo, quoted in the Hypebeast report
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Print Access and Release Details
The report does not state whether the revived issue will be sold to the general public, how many copies were produced, or whether additional mailings are planned. It also gives no prices, stock figures or closing date for the 12-piece T-shirt collection. The distribution described by Joffe is limited to selected clients in installation cities, but the criteria for selection are not provided.
The source identifies the London presentation’s end date but does not give comparable closing dates for the Tokyo and Paris displays. It also does not detail the contemporary contributors or list which archival pages appear in the new issue. Those specifics remain unconfirmed in the available report.
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London Display Runs Through November 13
The London installation is scheduled to remain on view at Dover Street Market until November 13, during Frieze London. The T-shirts are described as a limited-run release available online and at Dover Street Market, with no further information about quantities or the final sale date.
For readers seeking the print issue, the confirmed route is the selective client mailer described by Joffe; the source does not announce a wider sales plan. Further details about public access, print availability or the other installations’ schedules have not been provided.
Dover Street Market Tokyo installations
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Key Questions
What is Six?
Six is a magazine associated with Rei Kawakubo and COMME des GARÇONS. It was first published in 1988, ran for eight editions and ended in 1991.
What is included in the revived issue?
The new print edition brings together six archival covers and selected pages with work by contemporary image-makers. The report says Kawakubo curated the new contributions.
Where can the Six installations be seen?
The revival has installations at COMME des GARÇONS Aoyama in Tokyo and Dover Street Market locations in Paris and London. The London display is scheduled to run through November 13 during Frieze London.
Can the new magazine be purchased?
The report says copies were mailed to selected clients in the cities hosting the installations. It does not confirm a general retail release or explain how readers can otherwise obtain the print issue.
What is in the T-shirt collection?
The companion release consists of 12 T-shirt designs featuring selected artwork from Six. The shirts are available online and in person at Dover Street Market for a limited time, but prices and quantities were not reported.
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