Hat
1985
Bias Cutting collection, spring-summer 1986
Medium
synthetic fabric
Measurements
101.0 cm (outer circumference) 10.0 cm (height) 28.0 cm (width)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Takamasa Takahashi and David Tune, 2025
Gallery location
The Ancient World
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
This collection is notable as one of the first instances where Kawakubo created a silhouette that followed the natural lines of the female body. Much like the early twentieth-century French couturier Madeleine Vionnet, who used bias cutting in a revolutionary way to recast the relationship between body and fabric, here Kawakubo uses the technique to explore ideas of irregularity and asymmetry.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Japan
Inscription
label, inner rear crown, printed in gold on black synthetic fabric: COMME des GARÇONS
Accession Number
2025.309
Department
International Fashion and Textiles