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Navy boiled wool dress
Designed by: Rei Kawakubo (Japanese, born in 1942)
Designed for: Comme des Garçons, Ltd. (Japanese, founded in 1969)
Designed for: Comme des Garçons, Ltd. (Japanese, founded in 1969)
Japanese
Autumn/Winter 1995–1996
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Boiled wool twill
Dimensions
Center back: 80 cm (31 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Frank B. Bemis Fund, William E. Nickerson Fund, Otis Norcross Fund, Frederick Brown Fund, Helen and Alice Colburn Fund, and Alice M. Barlett Fund
Accession Number2017.4333
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Contemporary Art, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionNavy boiled wool dress with zipper back closure, sleeveless and round neckline; princess line bodice extends into skirt, skirt cut in a circle and eccentrically pleated at drop waist
ProvenanceBy 2017, Cynthea J. Bogel, Tieton, WA; 2017, sold by Cynthea J. Bogel to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 2017)