Ensemble
Brand
Comme des Garçons
(Japanese, founded 1969)
Designer
Rei Kawakubo
(born 1942)
Fall 2016
Pink vinyl, white faux fur, off white synthetic, and rubber
Museum purchase
Object number2017.52.1
Rei Kawakubo’s famous “18th-Century Punk” collection utilized the shapes and colors of pre-Revolutionary French fashion to convey a message of transgressive female power. The wide paniers on the 1750 dress are here transposed into broad shoulders and wide, ruffled sleeves.
DescriptionEnsemble; short jacket dress and harness with extended sleeves of multiple layers of gathered flounces in pink vinyl, a pair of white fake fur and rubber shoes and off white synthetic knit socksCollections
Exhibitions
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