{"id":1029,"date":"2009-06-08T22:19:37","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T14:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailydozencreative.com\/weblog\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2009-06-08T22:22:15","modified_gmt":"2009-06-08T14:22:15","slug":"co-incident-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.deaconyu.com\/?p=1029","title":{"rendered":"co-incident 3?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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on the left, we have a hermes bag dated before 2003.
\non the right we have a\u00a0comme des<\/span><\/em> gar\u00e7ons\u00a0louis vuitton crossover bag from 2008.<\/p>\n

of course, we don’t dare to say our beloved\u00a0rei kawakubo was copying (oh my god!). but for someone who is widely and blindedly admired for her originality, this simply shouldn’t have happened. it was a lazy design in her high standard. the collaboration was disappointing in not realizing its earth-shaking potential. it was a business-as-usual project, and that is just unusual for\u00a0comme des<\/span><\/em> gar\u00e7ons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

on the left, we have a hermes bag dated before 2003. on the right we have a\u00a0comme des gar\u00e7ons\u00a0louis vuitton crossover bag from 2008. of course, we don’t dare to say our beloved\u00a0rei kawakubo was copying (oh my god!). but for someone who is widely and blindedly admired for her originality, this simply shouldn’t have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[44,43,41,27,42],"class_list":["post-1029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-past","tag-co-incident","tag-collaboration","tag-commes-des-garcons","tag-hermes","tag-louis-vuitton"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pp6zn-gB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1425,"url":"https:\/\/blog.deaconyu.com\/?p=1425","url_meta":{"origin":1029,"position":0},"title":"co-incident 9?","author":"deacon","date":"20 May 12","format":false,"excerpt":"on the left, it is an art installation in the past from an unknown artist. on the right, it is the spring '12 louis vuitton window display. both the window display and the installation are great.","rel":"","context":"In "the past"","block_context":{"text":"the past","link":"https:\/\/blog.deaconyu.com\/?cat=11"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.deaconyu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/arrows.jpeg?fit=480%2C480&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1040,"url":"https:\/\/blog.deaconyu.com\/?p=1040","url_meta":{"origin":1029,"position":1},"title":"co-incident 4?","author":"deacon","date":"9 Jun 09","format":false,"excerpt":"on the left, we have the classic birkin bag by hermes. on the right, we have the brand new\u00a0peekapoo bag by fendi for spring 09. the birkin is an iconic bag with a history. but, it's not the most user friendly bag to carry around - you can barely put\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "the past"","block_context":{"text":"the past","link":"https:\/\/blog.deaconyu.com\/?cat=11"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":108,"url":"https:\/\/blog.deaconyu.com\/?p=108","url_meta":{"origin":1029,"position":2},"title":"essay: gucci, a case study of competitiveness","author":"deacon","date":"3 May 04","format":false,"excerpt":"With a long history, US$ 4.31 billion in revenue, 6506 employees, and 233 direct-operated stores in 2007, Gucci is one of the leading luxury","rel":"","context":"In "the right"","block_context":{"text":"the right","link":"https:\/\/blog.deaconyu.com\/?cat=18"},"img":{"alt_text":"ford-de-sole-t","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dailydozencreative.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/05\/ford-de-sole-t.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5,"url":"https:\/\/blog.deaconyu.com\/?p=5","url_meta":{"origin":1029,"position":3},"title":"h&m comme des gar\u00e7ons: maximizing a single idea","author":"deacon","date":"20 Nov 08","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 you could say that the clothes are disappointing, the hype overbearing, or the wait exhausting, but we should notice 3 other points: 1 - was it a coincidence that kawakubo timed both collaborations - lv and h&m - so closed together? 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