Look 5, dress
2025
Uncertain Future collection, autumn-winter 2025
Medium
nylon, polyester, rayon/polyester/silk, wool/nylon/silk, cotton (lining), plastic and metal (fastenings)
Measurements
139.0 cm (centre back) 121.0 cm (width)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist, 2025
© Comme des Garçons
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Kawakubo’s work is rarely didactic, and she consistently resists defining its meaning. Yet in recent years, her collections have increasingly grappled with questions of individual and collective power, and the sense of powerlessness in the face of global crises. Previously her Black Rose collection called for ‘courage, resistance and freedom’, while Lamentation mourned the world’s sorrows and urged solidarity. In this outfit, protest banners advocating for environmental and LGBTQIA+ rights appear faintly beneath a layer of black glittery netting.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Japan
Inscription
label, centre back neckline, woven in gold on black synthetic fabric: COMME des GARÇONS
label, centre back neckline, printed in ink on white sythetic fabric: Made in Japan / (French) / COMME des GARÇONS
Accession Number
2025.803
Department
International Fashion and Textiles