Object: Dress
Brand:
Undercover
(Japanese, founded 1990)
Designer:
Jun Takahashi
(born 1969)
Date: Spring/Summer 2006
Medium: Crepe and cotton
Country: Japan
Credit Line: Anonymous Donor
Object number: 2008.61.1
DescriptionSleeveless sheath dress of black crepe embellished at front and back with black cotton strips made from the necklines of t-shirts at neckline, bodice and skirt creating tattered draped effect: t-shirt strips with tags labeled T; CB zipper closure; just above knee length
Label Text:Jun Takahashi is a key player in contemporary Japanese avant garde fashion. This dress, embellished with the knitted necklines of multiple black t-shirts, is typical of the conceptual—and often deconstructed—elements of his aesthetic. The “Undercover kind of beauty,” he told Vogue in 2006, is “very scary but beautiful at the same time.”
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Fashion, A-Z: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum at FIT (Part One)