Shoes
1985
Bias Cutting collection, spring-summer 1986
Medium
leather, rubber, polyester (grosgrain)
Measurements
(a-b) 9.0 × 9.0 × 25.0 cm (each)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Takamasa Takahashi and David Tune, 2025
© Comme des Garçons
Gallery location
Level 3, 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
Italy
Inscription
(a) printed in gold ink on insole: COMME des GARÇONS / MADE IN JAPAN
(b) printed in gold ink on insole: COMME des GARÇONS / MADE IN JAPAN
Accession Number
2025.312.a-b
Department
International Fashion and Textiles