Coat, coat and skirt
1998
Fusion collection, autumn-winter 1998–99
Medium
cotton, wool, plastic, metal
Measurements
(a) 112.0 cm (centre back) 57.5 cm (sleeve length) (outer coat)
(b) 114.0 cm (centre back) 57.5 (sleeve length) (under coat)
(c) 102.0 cm (centre back) 36.0 cm (waist, flat) (lopsided skirt)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through the NGV Foundation with the assistance of Andrea Ziegler, Governor, 2002
© Comme des Garçons
Gallery location
Level 3, NGV International
About this work
For her 1998 Fusion collection, Kawakubo collaged different garment forms, fused and mismatched fabrics, turned linings into exteriors, and displaced fastenings. As much about construction as deconstruction, the collection exposed components of clothes that are normally hidden, while retaining traces of the tailoring process. In doing so, Kawakubo queried the value of things that are unfinished.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Japan
Inscription
(a) label, inside upper centre back, woven gold on black synthetic fabric: COMME des GARCONS
(b) label, inside upper centre back, woven gold on black synthetic fabric: COMME des GARCONS
(c) label, inside centre back, printed in black on white synthetic fabric: COMME des GARCONS (* under C)
label, inside centre back, printed in black on white plastic: ED-03001M / MAIN / 65% WOOL LAINE / 35% COTTON COTON / ATTACHED FABRIC / TISSUS AJOUTE / (1) 50% WOOL LAINE / 50% COTTON COTON / (2) 100% COTTON COTON
printed in black on white plastic: MADE IN JAPAN / FABRIQUE AU JAPON
printed in black on white plastic on reverse: (Japanese text) AD 1998
label, inside centre back, printed in black on white synthetic fabric: M
Accession Number
2002.318.a-c
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
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