COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house), Rei KAWAKUBO (designer)
Look 1, coat
2014 {Blood and Roses collection, spring-summer 2015}

Medium
wool cashmere, cotton, polyster, cupra (lining)

Measurements
109.0 cm (centre back) 61.0 cm (sleeve length)

Credit Line
Gift of the artist, 2025

Gallery location
Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International

About this work

This outfit features recurring motifs in Kawakubo’s work: flowers (or rosettes) and the colour red. This rich vermillion first appeared in her collections in 1988 and, in Japan, is associated with Shinto shrines and the ink pads used for ivory signature seals. For Kawakubo, the collection expressed ‘a deeper significance of roses, typically happy and pretty’, a reference to the flower’s historical associations with blood, wars, political conflict, religious strife and power struggles.

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Place/s of Execution
Japan

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

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COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house), Rei KAWAKUBO (designer)
Look 1, coat
2014 {Blood and Roses collection, spring-summer 2015}