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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 1996–1997
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Synthetic machine lace; cotton plain weave (organza) printed, cotton plain weave (muslin)
Dimensions
Length: 94 cm (37 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 Number2017.4341
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Contemporary Art, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionTwo part sleeveless dress one of orange/red machine lace which wraps back around dress of white organza printed with blue flowers backed with cotton muslin and enclosing a layer of batting. Orange dress wraps back around organza dress and closes with a pin.
ProvenanceBy 2017, Cynthea J. Bogel, Tieton, WA; 2017, sold by Cynthea J. Bogel to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 2017)