Dress
Designer
Yohji Yamamoto
(born 1943)
Fall 2005
Silk chiffon
Museum purchase
Object number2006.14.1
In today’s global fashion system, color symbolism has become increasingly multi-cultural, so it is significant that in contemporary Japan, pink is strongly associated with pornographic “pink movies” as well as cute, sweet “girl culture.” Japanese artist Minako Nishiyama has explored the significance of pink in works such as "Nice Little Girl’s Wonderful Dressing-Up Room" (1992).
DescriptionLong asymmetrical coat dress in multilayered fuchsia, pink and black silk chiffon; wide rounded roll collar with pointed lapel, straightline silhouette cutaway at left below hip, four wide sash extensions tying in large bows from center front bodice to right hipCollections
Exhibitions