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Brand
Comme des Garçons
(Japanese, founded 1969)
Designer
Rei Kawakubo
(born 1942)
1983
Cotton knit
Gift of Ms. Terry Melville
Object number90.98.69
Design critic Deyan Sudjic described Rei Kawakubo’s early designs as “abstraction of fashion into the fundamentals of texture, form and color.” Although her T-shirt was meticulously constructed, its asymmetrical pieces appear to be haphazardly assembled, leaving gaps and unfinished edges.
DescriptionBlack cotton knit bateau neck top long sleeves, patched fabric with random seam holes and cutoutsCollections
Exhibitions