Collection Online

Browse by artist name

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Sleeves, dress, boots and shoe covers

Sleeves, dress, boots and shoe covers
 2013 {Not Making Clothing collection, spring-summer 2014}

Medium
synthetic fibre, elastic, metal, leather, rubber, cotton
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

Medium
synthetic fibre, elastic, metal, leather, rubber, cotton
Measurements
(a) 63.0 cm (centre back) 56.0 cm (sleeve length)
(b) 100.0 cm (centre back) 46.0 cm (waist, flat) (dress)
(c-d) 13.5 × 10.0 × 28.0 cm (each) (boots)
(e-f) 21 × 8.0 × 31.0 cm (each) (shoe covers)
Place/s of Execution
Japan
Inscription
(a) label, left shoulder seam, woven in yellow polyester on black acetate: COMME des GARÇONS / M
(b) label, centre back waistline, printed in ink on white acetate: COMME des GARÇONS / M
(c) printed in gold ink on insole: COMME des GARÇONS/MADE IN JAPAN
(d) printed in gold ink on insole: COMME des GARÇONS/MADE IN JAPAN
(e) label, centre back, woven in yellow cotton on black acetate: COMME des GARÇONS
(f) label, centre back, woven in yellow cotton on black acetate: COMME des GARÇONS
Accession Number
2018.859.a-f
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
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

Explore the collection

Baronne Madeleine Deslandes Edward BURNE-JONES The Virgin and Child FLANDERS Dress JULIEN MACDONALD, London (fashion house); Julien MacDONALD (designer) Shoes COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Dress and sash ZANDRA RHODES, London (fashion house); Zandra RHODES (designer) Shoes COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Spouted pharmacy jar ORAZIO POMPEI WORKSHOP, Castelli (manufacturer) Chacmool Tarascan, Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, West Mexico Great dancing pair Erich HECKEL Banner ZANDRA RHODES, London (fashion house); Zandra RHODES (designer) Forest and sun Max ERNST The grasshopper Jules LEFEBVRE Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara Dosso DOSSI; Battista DOSSI (attributed to) Mary, Lady Vere William LARKIN The Banquet of Cleopatra Giambattista TIEPOLO Look 15, dress BALENCIAGA, Paris (fashion house); Nicolas GHESQUIÈRE (designer) The thinker Auguste RODIN (Mother and child) E. Phillips FOX Dress ENGLAND The finding of the True Cross COLA dell'Amatrice (Anna Romana Wright reading by candlelight) Joseph WRIGHT of Derby Portrait of a gentleman Louis TOCQUÉ Coffee pot GEORG JENSEN SØLVSMEDIE, Copenhagen (manufacturer); Henning KOPPEL (designer) Johann Friedrich Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, plaque VOLKSTEDT PORCELAIN FACTORY, Volkstedt (manufacturer) Tights COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Jacket ZANDRA RHODES, London (fashion house); Zandra RHODES (designer) Pietà CHELSEA PORCELAIN FACTORY, London (manufacturer); Joseph WILLEMS (modeller) Dunstanburgh Castle, north-east coast of Northumberland, sunrise after a squally night J. M. W. TURNER Chair Carlo BUGATTI Clouds John CONSTABLE