It’s not every day that the the worlds of publishing and high fashion collide. Sure, there are some awesome books on fashion, but how often do you see books that are literally ON fashion?
Well, Princeton Architectuaral Press has made that happen. French fashion label Comme des Garçons used illustrations from the book, BLACKSTOCK’S COLLECTIONS: THE DRAWINGS OF AN ARTISTIC SAVANT, as prints on their clothing in their Spring / Summer 2008 collection.
BLACKSTOCK’S COLLECTIONS is an in-house fave here at Raincoast; it’s page after page full of meticulous drawings that list and categorize items, such as different kinds of wasps, tools, knots or barns. Totally mesmerizing.
There are more images of Comme des Garçons’ Blackstock’s Collection clothing on the Princeton AP blog, as well as some shots of the runway show.
What book would you like to see made into a clothing line? Personally, I think an outfit made out of Chester Brown’s Louis Riel would be pretty stylin’.
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