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Coat, top and skirt

COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house), Rei KAWAKUBO (designer)
Coat, top and skirt
 1991
Unfinished collection, spring-summer 1992

Medium
triacetate, rayon, metal

Measurements
(a) 96.0 cm (centre back) 70.5 cm (sleeve length) (coat)
(b) 5.5 × 146.5 cm (belt)
(c) 66.0 cm (centre back) 52.0 cm (waist, flat) (top)
(d) 88.0 cm (centre back) 75.0 cm (waist, flat) (skirt)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Takamasa Takahashi through the Australian Cultural Gifts Program, 2018

Reproduction requests

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Japan

Inscription
(a) label, centre back neckline, woven in yellow polyester on black acetate: COMME des GARÇONS
(c) label, centre back neckline, woven in yellow polyester on black acetate: COMME des GARÇONS
(d) label, centre back waistline, printed in ink on white acetate: COMME des GARÇONS
label, printed in ink on white acetate: S

Accession Number
2018.848.a-d

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

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