Look 10, dress
2024
Anger collection, autumn-winter 2024
Medium
polyurethane, polyester cotton, rayon, polyester, acrylic, cupra, polyester
Measurements
150.0 cm (centre back) 44.5 cm (waist, flat)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist, 2025
© Comme des Garçons
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
For her 2024 Anger collection, Kawakubo drew on the symbolism of black to express her feelings of frustration at the world and with herself. In the 1980s, when runways were dominated by colourful, body-conscious clothes, Kawakubo used distressed fabrics, asymmetry and black to challenge Western aesthetic values. Here, in combination with motif of graffiti, barbed wire and chains, exposed zips and vinyl leathers, black represents a state of punk-fuelled disaffection.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Japan
Inscription
label, centre back neckline, woven in gold thread on black synthetic fabric: COMME des GARÇONS
label, centre back neckline, printed in ink on cream synthetic fabric, made in Japan / Fabrique au Japon / COMME des GARÇONS
Accession Number
2025.802
Department
International Fashion and Textiles