Object: Evening dress
Brand:
Comme des Garçons
(Japanese, founded 1969)
Designer:
Rei Kawakubo
(born 1942)
Date: Spring 1991
Medium: Red silk taffeta and polyester chiffon
Country: Japan
Credit Line: Gift of Comme des Garcons
Object number: 92.23.1
DescriptionLong evening dress in red silk taffeta and polyester chiffon, doubled, folded, bias cut and pieced for bubble shape and padded effect; front wide cowl neck with wire armhole loops, long fitted panel extending to deeply draped cape like back cowl and train; shift underdress in chiffon over taffeta
Label Text:Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons is one of the most influential contemporary designers in the world. Her experiments in shape have often caused consternation, and some critics have even accused her of "deforming" the female body. Yet many of her innovations, such as an emphasis on asymmetry and deconstruction, have dramatically altered the shape of fashion.
Exhibitions:
- 50 Years of Fashion, 1947 - 1997
- RED
- Form Follows Fashion