As always, Rei Kawakubo’s show notes were brief. “I believe in the positiveness and the value that can be born from the damaging of perfect things,” was everything she had to say about her collection for Comme des Garçons this season. On the runway, the silhouettes were bonkers. Some models were entirely enveloped by the garments they wore. Here and there you could identify a pair of trousers or perhaps a jacket, but most of the time you were looking at ambiguous forms rendered in fabric.

Even if you didn’t understand what you were looking at, you could sure of one thing: it was all beautiful. The whirlwind of fabric in Look #3, the edges all frayed and unravelling, had an earthy quality to it. The almost-dress of Look #9 seemed to try its best to cover its wearer’s body, then gave up halfway. The ovular protrusion at the front of Look #15 brought to mind ancient Celtic sheela na gigs.

Most of the headwear bent and crumpled beneath its own height, though a number of stovepipe hats may point toward a revival of Abraham Lincoln’s favourite accessory. On foot, sensible white boots (and others wrapped in rough canvas) were paired with delicate mesh socks.