Look 20, top, pants, belt and headpiece
2019 {Neo Future collection, autumn-winter 2020}
Medium
polyester (jersey, padding), polyester, nylon (netting, tulle), cotton, plastic, wool polyester, plastic, polyvinyl chlordide
Measurements
(a) 47.0 cm (centre back) 50.0 cm (waist, flat) (top)
(b) 107.0 cm (outer leg) 41.0 cm (waist, flat) (pants)
(c) 37.0 × 70.0 × 25.0 cm (belt)
(d) 53.0 cm (outer circumference) 19.0 cm (height) 23.0 cm (width) (headpiece)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist, 2025
Gallery location
Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International
About this work
Echoing the colour palette and divided proportions of Look 1, dress, this neon-pink ensemble was the striking finale of the Neo Future runway. Layers of softly gathered polyester combine with padded, sculptural forms, capturing some of the themes that have underwritten Kawakubo’s practice in recent decades. Driven by a constant search for the new, she overturns fabric hierarchies and conventional patternmaking, playing with scale and distortion to challenge conventional notions of what is considered beautiful.