"The smallest is the strongest." Rei Kawakubo raises her voice against the large systems, once again, in her new collection composed of twenty surreal pieces. At this Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2025-26, the designer protests against large corporations, reducing the size of the base garments in her creations. How did she do it? In the most Comme des Garçons way possible.

The world structures might not be as grand as we think they are. The new Comme des Garçons collection finds value in the power of the small and uses mini-dresses that she stacks with different techniques to explain it on the runway. Whether it's with a linear stacking of five dresses, one on top of the other, or folding them in a way that looks like an accordion, as a whole, this base forms a complete ensemble.

Rei Kawakubo's way of thinking flows with the shapes she stacks, she always has a point of view that aims to teach us how to go from an abstract idea to materialization, helping us with resources that, at first glance, seem simple. The designer always avoids sewing, she loves to build, and this collection proves it.