Look 12, jumpsuit
2016
18th Century Punk collection, autumn-winter 2016-17
Medium
silk polyester (brocade), polyester rayon (brocade), polyester acetate (brocade), polyester rayon nylon acrlyic (brocde), cotton polyester triacetate (brocade), metal (fastenings)
Measurements
138.0 cm (centre back) 35.0 cm (inner leg)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist, 2025
© Comme des Garçons
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
In eighteenth-century France, luxurious silks woven by artisans in Tours and Lyon formed the foundation of aristocratic women’s dress. Naturalistic and stylised floral designs, typical of Rococo taste, were highly fashionable and also inspired the embroidery on men’s frock coats and waistcoats. Drawing on these traditions, Kawakubo worked with Italian, French and Swiss makers to recreate archival dress and furnishing fabrics, which she uses here in deliberately anachronistic ways.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Japan
Inscription
label, centre back neckline, woven gold on black synthetic fabric: COMME des GARÇONS
Accession Number
2025.771
Department
International Fashion and Textiles