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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 1997–1998
Medium/Technique
wool/polyester blend twill (?) weave
Dimensions
Center back: 127 cm (50 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 Number2017.4342
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Contemporary Art, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionSleeveless dress of brown and white wool/polyester blend in complex twill weave with self stripe; V-neck; peaked lapels crossing left-over-right in draped surplice style, bloused asymmetrically at PL hip; PL front panel cut in one piece, including lapel, spiraling around to front; A-line skirt falling to below knee; no opening/closure; unlined; woven black label at CB neck: "tricot / Comme des Garçons," with additional fabric content/care label at PL interior waist.
ProvenanceBy 2017, Cynthea J. Bogel, Tieton, WA; 2017, sold by Cynthea J. Bogel to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 2017)