Object: Set
Brand:
Comme des Garçons
(Japanese, founded 1969)
Designer:
Rei Kawakubo
(born 1942)
Date: Fall 1983
Medium: Wool/nylon jersey
Country: Japan
Credit Line: Gift of Jean Rosenberg
Object number: 88.157.3
DescriptionSlash and tie casual set in navy blue wool / nylon jersey; oversize top with self tie openings along horizontal exposed seamlines, calf length. asymmetrical pull-on skirt knotted at left hip band and at right hip
Label Text:In this top and skirt set (shown on the right with object 92.13.3 on the left), Rei Kawakubo has slashed, then re-tied, the dark knit fabric to create a ragged asymmetry. Kawakubo began showing collections in Paris in 1981. Although her clothing received criticism for resembling that of a “rag-picker,” her innovative forms and rejection of Western tradition gained respect from fashion individualists. The donor of this piece, Jean Rosenberg, was then Vice President of Henri Bendel and an early advocate of the Comme des Garçons label.
Exhibitions:
- Exhibitionism: 50 Years of the Museum at FIT
- Arbiters of Style
- Japan Fashion Now
- 50 Years of Fashion, 1947 - 1997