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Look 8, jacket

COMME DES GARÇONS HOMME PLUS, Tokyo (fashion house), Rei KAWAKUBO (designer)
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

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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

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