Object: Evening dress
Designer:
Yoshiki Hishinuma
(born 1958)
Date: Fall 1996
Medium: Red and black polyester with cage crinoline
Country: Japan
Credit Line: Gift of Yoshiki Hishinuma
Object number: 2007.33.1
DescriptionNineteenth century inspired two piece evening dress in dark red and black stripe polyester with smocking and ruffle detailing - stripe effect created with tie dye (shabori) technique - skirt opens at CF to reveal coordinating black polyester cage crinoline underskirt, dress at hem folds upwards and can be tied in a bow at CF waist or at shoulder
Label Text:The silhouette of this gown was overtly inspired by the mid-nineteenth century fashion for hoopskirts, but its references are multilayered. The polyester fabric combines the traditional Japanese craft of shibori—a tie-dye technique—with a heat-set method that creates added texture.
Exhibitions:
- Reinvention and Restlessness: Fashion in the Nineties
- Gothic: Dark Glamour