All over the world, Comme des Garçons stores and stockists are turning their windows over to Binky & Sheba, to celebrate Comme des Garçons latest collaboration with The Simpsons creator, cartoonist Matt Groening.
Dover Street Market, London
I.T Hong Kong
In Manila, no less than Rei Kawakubo herself orchestrated the frosted windows at Homme et Femme at Shangri-La Plaza.
Binky & Sheba PLAY by Matt Groening and Comme des Garçons is the latest series of T-shirts from Comme des Garçons PLAY, based on an original comic strip entitled Life in Hell created by Matt Groening in 1977. Its colorful cast of characters include:
Binky, a depressed rabbit who’s stuck in a dead-end job, lives in a bad apartment and sees a therapist.
Sheba, Binky’s ex-girlfriend he met in a coffee shop.
Bongo, Binky’s illegitimate son, the product of a drunken night of “jungle passion”.
Akbar and Jeff, partners in love and in business. They have run various businesses such as Akbar and Jeff’s Tofu Hut and Akbar and Jeff’s Bootleg T-shirt Hut.
The shirts come in both mens and women’s sizes and are available now at Homme et Femme Shangri-La Plaza and Homme et Femme UNIVERS at One Rockwell, East Tower. For inquiries call 633-7009.