Object: Evening dress
Designer:
Yohji Yamamoto
(born 1943)
Date: Fall 2000
Medium: Silk
Country: Japan
Credit Line: Gift of Anonymous Donor
Object number: 2010.1.18
DescriptionBlack silk strapless, boned, and padded floor length evening dress with full gored skirt; extremely high front bodice panel - chin high, extending in a fan like shape over shoulders and upper arms; upper part of gown is padded to above knee creating a crinoline support for skirt; plastic jacket zipper front opening ending at waist with wide fly for skirt overlap - open skirt; princess seams
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Expedition: Fashion from the Extreme