Object: Dress
Brand:
Comme des Garçons
(Japanese, founded 1969)
Date: Fall/Winter 2007-2008
Medium: Nylon and polyurethane knit
Country: Japan
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 2007.32.1
DescriptionLong baby doll dress in pink nylon / polyurethane knit with fleece texture; sleeveless, with peter pan collar, pieced shaping below knee, and front bodice applique of matching girls' sleeveless ruffled dress
Label Text:In late-twentieth century Japan, pink became widely associated with girl culture and its preoccupation with Kawaii or extreme cuteness – demonstrated here by a candy pink doll’s dress merged onto an adult sized sheath. Its details experiment with elements of Kawaii style using ruffles, a Peter Pan collar, and frothy textures. In present-day Japan, however, pink is also imbued with connotations of sex and eroticism, and these have not been lost on fashion anarchist Rei Kawakubo.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Food and Fashion
- Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color
- Japan Fashion Now