Object: Ensemble
Brand:
Comme des Garçons
(Japanese, founded 1969)
Designer:
Rei Kawakubo
(born 1942)
Date: Spring 2005
Medium: Black leather, pink and white cotton gingham, pink nylon tulle and polyester chiffon
Country: Japan
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 2005.49.1
DescriptionSet; biker / motorcycle inspired jacket in heavy black leather crudely pieced with self strips in large whipstitch and saddle stitch, and ballerina-inspired asymmetrical full skirt with pink and white cotton gingham shirred front panel and back tutu panel of pink nylon tulle and polyester chiffon
Label Text:Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons, with her Biker/Ballerina collection of Spring/Summer 2005, paired hand-crafted black leather jackets with delicate, feminine skirts inspired by ballerinas' tutus. Kawakubo told journalist Sarah Mower that the collection was inspired by the "power" of motorcycles and the "strength" of ballet dancers. This ensemble continues Kawakubo's longstanding exploration of clothing that expresses women's strength and independence.
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Exhibitions:
- Dance and Fashion
- Beyond Rebellion: Fashioning the Biker Jacket
- Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color
- Japan Fashion Now
- Ballerina: Fashion's Modern Muse
- Fashion, A-Z: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum at FIT (Part Two)
- Fashion & Textile History Gallery First Rotation