Look 6, top and skirt
2023
Return to the Source collection, autumn-winter 2023
Medium
wool, nylon (tulle), plastic and metal fastenings
Measurements
(a) 84.0 cm (centre back) 101.0 cm (width) (top)
(b) 79.0 cm (centre back) 100.0 cm (waist, flat) (skirt)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist, 2025
© Comme des Garçons
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
‘A feeling of wanting to go back to the starting point working with free patterns, using basic materials.’ – Kawakubo, 2023
Kawakubo is known for setting herself and her team technical challenges or restraints – for example, making without stitching or constructing entire garments from a single repeated pattern piece. This outfit is formed from panels of black wool that have been looped and stitched into asymmetrical horizontal tubes, each packed with bands of gathered white nylon tulle. The result is a strikingly original work created from a seemingly simple concept that Kawakubo expressed as ‘a feeling of wanting to go back to the starting point’.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Japan
Inscription
(a) label, centre back neckline, woven in gold on black synthetic fabric: COMME des GARÇONS
(b) label, centre back waist, printed in ink on cream synthetic fabric: COMME des GARÇONS
Accession Number
2025.796.a-b
Department
International Fashion and Textiles