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Restless fashion maverick Rei Kawakubo — perpetually experimenting with retail formats and modern design concepts — is moving her Comme des Garçons boutique in Paris into the previous location of Burberry’s flagship at 56 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, WWD has learned. The brand new four-story location can be roughly 50 percent larger — and loads more visible — than the previous site, which was tucked right into a courtyard off the identical tony thoroughfare. For greater than 22 years, it has been demarcated solely with a plaque to the side of the courtyard entrance, much like those indicating dental or medical offices — albeit in red Lucite, not brass. Slated to open in early October, the brand new Comme des Garçons unit...