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Look 18, jumpsuit

COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house), Rei KAWAKUBO (designer)
Look 18, jumpsuit
 2025 {Smaller is Stronger collection, autumn-winter 2025}

Medium
polyester, metal and plastic (fastenings)

Measurements
152.0 cm (centre back) 36.0 cm (waist, flat)

Credit Line
Lynn Kaye Rooney Bequest, 2025

Gallery location
Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International

 

About this work

This bright red all-in-one exemplifies Kawakubo’s innovative approach to construction, showing how a single mode of expression can be explored to poetic effect. Her collections are always conceptual, questioning the foundations of
traditional garment design and are often challenging to realis for her team of patternmakers. Here, dense pleating is used in unconventional ways to create a jumpsuit with attached, suspended jacket forms, highlighting the interplay between function and non-function that is characteristic of Kawakubo’s practice.

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Japan

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

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