Top and pants
2012
Sports collection, spring–summer 2013
Medium
polyester
Measurements
(a) 44.0 cm (centre back) 52.0 cm (sleeve length) (top)
(b) 32.0 cm (waist, flat) 78.0 cm (outer leg) (pants)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Takamasa Takahashi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2016
© Comme des Garçons
Gallery location
Level 3, NGV International
About this work
Watanabe is renowned for his subversion of traditional garment archetypes and use of technical textiles. In his Sports collection, he mused on the technical language of sportswear, blending references to Pierre Cardin’s 1960s space-age aesthetics with 1990s streetwear associated with rave culture and gym garb.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Japan
Inscription
(a) label, centre back neckline, printed in ink on white cotton: JUNYA WATANABE / COMME des Garcons
label, centre back neckline, woven in black on white cotton: XS
(b) label, centre back waistline, printed in white ink on black cotton: JUNYA WATANABE / COMME des Garcons
Accession Number
2016.375.a-b
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest