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Hat

COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house), Rei KAWAKUBO (designer)
Hat
 1985
Bias Cutting collection, spring-summer 1986

Medium
coconut fibre, synthetic fabric (grosgrain), plastic (comb)

Measurements
70.0.(outer circumference) 14.0 cm (height) 20.0 cm (width)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Takamasa Takahashi and David Tune, 2025
© Comme des Garçons

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Gallery location
Not on display

 

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, rear inner crown, woven in gold on black synthetic fabric: COMME des GARÇONS

Accession Number
2025.310

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

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