Dress
Designer
Yoshiki Hishinuma
(born 1958)
Manufacturer
Hishinuma Associates Co. LTD
Fall 2000
Coated polyester
Gift of Hishinuma Associates Co., Ltd.
Object number2001.52.5
This “rag” dress is made from sheer fabric coated with white film, torn by hand to create fringe. Heat was then applied to the dress, resulting in a crimped and uneven texture.
DescriptionSleeveless robe style floor length fringe dress in black sheer polyester with irregular white distressed areas coated with matte film, cracked and split by hand for torn rag fringe; shrunk and bonded by heat process for crimped texture and volume; surplice wrap with self tie at left hip; hand made; sampleCollections
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