2007.2.1

Images (5)

Exhibitionism_40 Left to right 2007.23.2 (beaded dress), 2007.2.1 (black ensemble), 99.80.1 (velvet dress), 2008.5.1 (hat case), 2018.3.2 (earrings case), 2008.55.1 (gown with red), 2010.37.12 (denim dress), 2009.62.1 (dress), 2010.57.1 (black ensemble), 2009.75.1 (coat enemble hidden), 2009.61.1 (pink jacket ensemble), 2008.57.1 (black ensemble with hat), 72.61.91 (white dress), 88.157.3 (top and skirt), 71.265.13 (red dress), 87.16.1 (shoes case), P86.52.1 (bag case), 86.10.1 (paper dress), P85.29.1 (suit)

Exhibitionism_23 Left to right 2007.23.2 (beaded dress), 2007.2.1 (black ensemble), 2008.5.1 (hat case), 99.80.1 (velvet dress), 2018.3.2 (earrings case), 2008.55.1 (gown with red), 2010.94.1 (cape skirt ensemble), 2009.10.1 (ensemble with medical parts), 2011.58.1 (silver ensemble)

Exhibitionism_22 Left to right 2007.23.2 (beaded dress), 2007.2.1 (black ensemble hidden), 99.80.1 (velvet dress), 2008.55.1 (gown with red), 2008.5.1 (hat case), 2018.3.2 (earrings case), 2009.10.1 (ensemble with medical parts), 2010.94.1 (cape skirt suit), 2011.58.1 (silver ensemble)

Object: Suit

Designer: Yohji Yamamoto (born 1943)

Date: Fall 2006

Medium: Black silk crepe

Country: Japan

Credit Line: Museum purchase

Object number: 2007.2.1

DescriptionThree-piece suit in black silk crepe; open oversized jacket with attached inner ties and puffed sleeve on drop shoulder; sleeveless collared shirt with attachedouter "cage" corset; in self-covered whalebone; long asymmetrical skirt with self-covered whalebone band at left hip

Label Text:This corset has been described as “the twenty-first-century equivalent of whale-boning.” Alternatively, it evokes the human rib-cage.

In Collection(s)

2000s

Exhibitions:

Gothic: Dark Glamour
Exhibitionism: 50 Years of the Museum at FIT