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A practical guide to dating Issey Miyake, Pleats Please, Homme Plissé, IM MEN, BAO BAO, and related lines from the product code and care label.
A practical guide to dating Comme des Garçons, Homme Plus, Junya Watanabe, PLAY, SHIRT, and related lines from the AD year and product code.
A practical guide to dating Yohji Yamamoto, Y's, Pour Homme, Ground Y, S'YTE, and related lines from the product code, size label, and Japanese care symbols. Includes season codes through Autumn/Winter 2026-27.
Comme des Garçons is a company with more than a dozen labels under it, several run by their own designers, not by Rei Kawakubo. Here is what each line is, when it started, and how to date a piece from its tag.
Current Rick Owens apparel codes identify the line, season, year, style, material, and color. Older formats still identify the product, but pre-2013 tags do not provide a reliable year.
