Dress
Brand
Comme des Garçons
(Japanese, founded 1969)
Designer
Rei Kawakubo
(born 1942)
Fall/Winter 2007-2008
Nylon and polyurethane knit
Museum purchase
Object number2007.32.1
In late-twentieth century Japan, pink became widely associated with girl culture and its preoccupation with Kawaii or extreme cuteness – demonstrated here by a candy pink doll’s dress merged onto an adult sized sheath. Its details experiment with elements of Kawaii style using ruffles, a Peter Pan collar, and frothy textures. In present-day Japan, however, pink is also imbued with connotations of sex and eroticism, and these have not been lost on fashion anarchist Rei Kawakubo.
DescriptionBaby doll dress in pink nylon / polyurethane knit with fleece texture; sleeveless, peter pan collar, pieced shaping below knee, and front bodice applique of matching girls' sleeveless ruffled dressCollections
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