Continuing from the previous three seasons, the COMME des GARÇONS Fall/Winter 2015-16 collection featured voluminous, abstract shapes walking the runway, creating a collection show that deviated from reality. The theme this time was "Farewell Rites."

As the models passed each other, they faced each other for a moment, paused, glanced at each other as if reluctant to part ways, and then passed by. Garments were exaggerated with gathers, ribbons, bones, and padding, as if to suggest that both senders and receivers were lavishly dressed for their final moments. A prominent material used was lace, reminiscent of wedding and funeral attire. Used in veils and layering, it created a romantic and ephemeral impression.

Comme des Garçons rethought clothing with their 2014 Spring/Summer collection "Clothes that are not clothes," expressing the "monsters" that lie deep within the human psyche in 2014-15 Fall/Winter, followed by "Roses and Blood" in 2015 Spring/Summer, evoking the flesh. This time, perhaps, it's "death." What does designer Rei Kawakubo have in mind for next season?