Medium: Red stretch crepe and chiffon

Date: 1998

Country: Japan

Credit: Gift of Hishinuma Associates Co., Ltd.

Yoshiki Hishinuma worked for Issey Miyake during the 1970s, before starting his own company. Like Miyake, Hishinuma has devoted considerable attention to textile research and experimentation, particularly with treatments for synthetic textiles. For all the modernity of Hishinuma’s textiles, this dress is reminiscent of the body-molding La Sirene dresses of Charles James.

Object Number: 99.13.1