When it comes to revolutionary retail concept stores in Japan, there's no getting away from Tokyo's Aoyama district. That area's latest major opening comes from none other than Japan's epoch-making fashion house Comme des Garcons.
For the benefit of the fashion unsavvy, Comme, as it is known by adherents abroad (gyaruson in Japan), is heralded as having forever changed the way the world perceives what we wear, sending the Euro-centric, figure-hugging fashion world into a flat spin and paving the way for dozens of other conceptual designers catering to the chin-stroking set intent on shrouding themselves with deconstructed garments in any color as long as it's black.
The Comme des Garcons flagship store in Aoyama is a favorite destination for tourists in Tokyo, as is the nearby boutique it operates in partnership with Milanese megastore 10 Corso Como.