2005.58.2

Images (3)

RetroSpective_44 Left to right 89.198.2 (dress hidden), 2010.64.1 (tape measure dress), 73.1.1007 (textile case), 87.119.6 (belt case), P93.12.5 (textile wall), 88.25.3 (paper dress hidden), 99.91.1 (paper dress), 2005.58.2 (denim and black dress), 81.48.2 (chain mail dress), 80.200.4, 2010.68.1 (bags case), 88.12.1 (suit), 2005.23.1 (dress), 85.84.2 (leggings), 2004.42.3B (textile wall), 93.70.1 (ensemble), 98.59.4, 89.69.24 (shoes case), 2013.6.1 (ensemble)

Object: Evening dress

Designer: Yohji Yamamoto (born 1943)

Date: Spring 2004

Medium: Blue chambray squares, metal rings

Country: Japan

Credit Line: Gift of Yohji Yamamoto

Object number: 2005.58.2

DescriptionGraphic evening dress with asymmetrical openwork bodice of blue chambray (jeans, jean) triangles (polygons, shapes, pieces) linked with metal rings in diamond-grid; contrast long flowing black skirt semi-attached to bodice with metal rings

Label Text:In this collection, an exercise in "doing something graphic," Yohji Yamamoto took triangles of material and linked them together with metal rings a la Paco Rabanne. The effect was to emphasize the moving body underneath the articulated bodice.

In Collection(s)

2000s

Exhibitions:

Love & War: The Weaponized Woman
RetroSpective