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Loafers

COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house), Rei KAWAKUBO (designer)
Loafers
 1994
Metamorphosis collection, autumn-winter 1994–95

Medium
leather, synthetic fabric

Measurements
(a-b) 9.0 × 10.0 × 27.0 cm (each)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Takamasa Takahashi and David Tune, 2025

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Gallery location
Not on display

 

About this work

Into the 1990s, Kawakubo’s collections continued to reject notions of beauty and taste. Experimenting with atypical fabrics and a grunge aesthetic, the Metamorphosis collection featured ragged and deliberately ill-fitting clothes. Making use of boiled woollens that were shrunk after construction, Kawakubo revalued the ugly and abject to disrupt traditional rules of dress.

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Japan

Inscription
(a) printed in gold in on insole: COMME des GARÇONS / MADE IN JAPAN
(b) printed in gold in on insole: COMME des GARÇONS / MADE IN JAPAN

Accession Number
2025.371.a-b

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

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Shirt ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, London (fashion house); Alexander McQUEEN (designer) Bag CARTIER, London (fashion house) Hat COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Dress JEAN PAUL GAULTIER, Paris (fashion house); Jean Paul GAULTIER (designer) Sampler Margaret FOSTER Dress ULYANA SERGEENKO, Russia (fashion house); Ulyana SERGEENKO (designer) Skin heel boots FECAL MATTER, Montreal (fashion house); Steven Raj BHASKARAN (designer); Hannah DALTON (designer) Jacket ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, London (fashion house); Sarah BURTON (designer) Jacket ZANDRA RHODES, London (fashion house); Zandra RHODES (designer) Look 29, jacket GUCCI, Florence (fashion house); Alessandro MICHELLE (designer) Look 2, coat COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Collar, cuff and earrings THIERRY MUGLER, Paris (fashion house); Thierry MUGLER (designer) FRAGMENT Jacket WORLDS END, London (fashion house); Vivienne WESTWOOD (designer) DAMASK Jacket ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, London (fashion house); Alexander McQUEEN (designer) Iris, clutch bag ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, London (fashion house); Sarah BURTON (designer) Scarf CHANEL, Paris (fashion house); Karl LAGERFELD (designer) Look 2, top and shorts COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Boots ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, London (fashion house); Alexander McQUEEN (designer); Sarah BURTON (designer) Dress STEPHEN SPROUSE, New York (fashion house); Stephen SPROUSE (designer) Shoe covers COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Look 49, dress ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, London (fashion house); Alexander McQUEEN (designer) LENGTH OF FABRIC Jacket ZANDRA RHODES, London (fashion house); Zandra RHODES (designer) Look 4, jacket-dress COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Hat COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Tie ISSEY MIYAKE, Tokyo (fashion house); Issey MIYAKE (designer) Dinner dress BALENCIAGA, Paris (fashion house); Cristóbal BALENCIAGA (designer) Look 14, dress COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer)