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Comme Des Garçons Homme Plus, Tokyo (fashion house)
Rei Kawakubo (designer)
Look 8, jacket 2020 {spring-summer 2020}
wool polyester (brocade), cotton, polyester (lining, wadding), nylon, plastic (fastenings)
118.0 cm (centre back) 66.0 cm (sleeve length)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of David Tan, 2023
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Look 8, jacket
2020
spring-summer 2020
Medium
wool polyester (brocade), cotton, polyester (lining, wadding), nylon, plastic (fastenings)
Measurements
118.0 cm (centre back) 66.0 cm (sleeve length)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of David Tan, 2023
Gallery location
Level 3, NGV International
About this work
Since her 1981 Paris debut, Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons has been known for her influential and visionary designs. This work is from a key collection conceived as a prelude to the designer’s costume commission for a production of Orlando by the Vienna State Opera in 2019. The collection was a continuation of Kawakubo’s exploration of gender codes and transgression, seen here expressed via a fusion of historical tailoring, punk, ‘feminine’ decoration, and woven imagery.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Japan
Inscription
label, left breast pocket, woven in grey on black polyester: COMME des GARÇONS HOMME PLUS / S
Accession Number
2023.609
Department
International Fashion and Textiles