COMME des GARÇONS Aoyama Store

Real cool design and decoration. Very spacious with black and white clothes organized separately and nicely. Staff is very stylish. Love the architecture.

Must visit for any true CDG fan. Great space, great neighborhood. Staff are distant and combative, exactly what you want in their Aoyama store and the art installations are also similarly jarring. Something about CDG…never doing what the others are doing…always off in their own universe.

A must visit for any true Comme des Garcons fan. The installations are worth checking out. Now that the store is 2 floors, other lines such as noir kei ninomiya and Comme Girl have their own spaces.

They carry lots of collections. Staff speaks good English and style delights.

This is the main shop of GARÇONS, which looks like a museum both the exterior and interior. The shop clerks are very friendly and speak English. The products require you so high fashion sense that I hesitate to purchase them, but I’m feeling very hyped about this good concept.

Why don't you sell this? Is it for display? 😗

The product selection is limited and not diverse. The design is reminiscent of old, outdated collections.

Excellent service, staffs are fluent in English, definitely will come again to this store.

If you're traveling to Tokyo and have any interest in fashion, you might want to visit the Comme des Garçons flagship in Aoyama. It's a beautiful store, strikingly designed and full of eye-catching clothes and accessories. Even if you buy nothing, it's a worthwhile visit, almost like a trip to a small art gallery exhibiting the work of the designers behind this world-famous label. I had actually picked up a pair of CDG Play x Converse shoes at Ginza Mitsukoshi earlier in the day but was still curious enough to check out the flagship store. Interestingly, it didn't carry the Converse line, but it had a giant selection of other CDG goodies, which otherwise seem kind of hard to track down. I tried on a pretty spectacular coat that I just wanted to see again online, and I absolutely cannot find it. The coat was expensive, incidentally, but I might have bought it if it weren't also a little bit cuckoo for cocoa puffs. CDG's clothes are fascinating and well constructed, but I would not describe them as particularly wearable. Part of the fun of the visit was seeing all the salespeople dressed in head-to-toe CDG, gorgeous circus clothing, most of it black, that must look wild out of context (the context being the runway or a CDG store). I don't mind admitting that I'm too basic for CDG (though if you're also basic, there is plenty of CDG Play merchandise at this store). I didn't end up buying anything, but I'm definitely glad I stopped by.

When traveling always buy local. When in Paris, shop at LV, Goyard, Chanel, YSL, etc. When in Tokyo, Comme des Garçons. I was in search of my first piece from this brand and wanted a basic. I was staying at the Hotel Gracery in Shinjuku and it was a quick train ride and walk to this store. I initially stopped by this kiosk like store inside a mall but decided to walk further up the hill for more selection. I ended up buying a black t-shirt with the red heart in a medium. After a came back from the trip, I wished I bought a large to go with my American diet. After several months at the gym, the t-shirt fit perfectly. I hope to be back soon for the selection and will pick up a large shirt.

The Aoyama location is Comme des Garcons' flagship store, but you can find their products in major department stores (like the Dover Street Market (in Ginza, NYC, London), Nordstrom's, Barneys, etc.). Founded by designer Rei Kawakubo, this label offers clothing/ready-to-wear items, jewelry, and other accessories. Anyone who knows me know that I'm a huge Chucks head, but I procrastinated a bit in getting my hands on a specific collaboration between these two :P (Just note that the collaboration is still ongoing, but there are specific designs that were released in certain years that are of limited in quantity). The specific design I was looking for had been sold out for a while, but luckily, with my hardcore determination, I was able to order these limited editions in both colors!!! WOOT WOOT! I love love love the red heart face applique, and if shoes are not your thing, you can check out their hoodies :D +red heart face :D +Tokyo-based designer +limited editions/collaborations