This Japanese women's brand is part of COMME des GARÇONS. Launched for AW05 by Tao Kurihara, it debuted with a runway show in Paris. She became only the second designer under the company to have a namesake label, following Junya Watanabe. Though the line was suspended after SS11 for her to focus on tricot COMME des GARÇONS, she rebranded tricot into tao starting in SS22, restarting her eponymous label.