Comme des Garçons Revives Six Magazine as Installation at Dover Street Market London
Rei Kawakubo’s publication, Six, which debuted in 1988, is making a comeback as a spatial installation at Dover Street Market London, set to open on 13 October for a month coinciding with Frieze London. This showcase occupies the Haymarket windows and ground floor, representing the most extensive display of Six since 2016. It follows earlier installations at Dover Street Market Paris in March and at the Comme des Garçons store in Aoyama, Tokyo. Adrian Joffe mentions that these three installations will be the only ones globally. The original magazine published eight issues until 1991, designed by Tsuguya Inoue. This year, Six has re-emerged as printed direct mail for 2026, showcasing new works by Jack Davison and Flor Garduño, along with a collection of 12 T-shirt styles available in-store.
Key facts
- Six, launched by Rei Kawakubo in 1988, ran for eight issues until 1991.
- The publication was distributed free to customers and trade press, with unbound pages in its first two issues.
- A new installation at Dover Street Market London opens 13 October for one month, coinciding with Frieze London.
- The London installation occupies the Haymarket windows and ground floor, the store's largest Six presentation since 2016.
- Parallel installations are at Dover Street Market Paris (March) and Comme des Garçons Aoyama, Tokyo.
- Adrian Joffe, president of Comme des Garçons International, says there will be only three installations worldwide.
- Graphic designer Tsuguya Inoue created the original layouts, calling Six the most playful publication he art directed.
- A 2026 direct mail reissue reprints Six covers and archive pages alongside new images by Jack Davison and Flor Garduño, sent only to clients in Paris, London, and Japan.
- An accompanying collection of 12 T-shirt styles, usually exclusive to Trading Museum Comme des Garçons in Tokyo, is available in store.
Entities
Artists
- Rei Kawakubo
- Adrian Joffe
- Tsuguya Inoue
- Karl Blossfeldt
- Gisèle Freund
- Jean Cocteau
- Shinji Mori
- John Malkovich
- Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
- Robert Frank
- Josef Koudelka
- Saul Leiter
- Peter Lindbergh
- Jack Davison
- Flor Garduño
- André Kertész
- Gilbert & George
- Eileen Gray
- Dickon Bowden
- Tianna Williams
Institutions
- Comme des Garçons
- Dover Street Market London
- Dover Street Market Paris
- Comme des Garçons International
- Trading Museum Comme des Garçons
- Frieze London
- Tokyo Weekender
- Dover Street Market
- SIX by Comme des Garçons
- Wallpaper
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- Paris
- France
- Aoyama
- Tokyo
- Japan
- Haymarket
- SW1Y 4DG