Dress
Brand
Comme des Garçons
(Japanese, founded 1969)
Designer
Junya Watanabe
(born 1961)
Spring 2001
White printed nylon and plastic
Museum purchase
Object number2008.46.3
Junya Watanabe’s dress features layers of chiffon printed with imagery of assorted pastries, while strands of pearls are twisted and gnarled at the neckline drawing connections between sweets and complex idealizations of femininity.
DescriptionSheer white double layer A-line dress printed with photographs of desserts and pastries (fruit tarts; chocolate cake, etc.) with asymmetric neckline trimmed with pearl strands, twisted /entwined at front R neck; asymmetric hem; CB zipper closure; knee lengthCollections
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