Comme des Garçons black sheer polkadot dress with wool paneling — fall 1997

Size: M

Shoulder to shoulder: 40 cm

Armpit to armpit: 46 cm

Waist: 37 cm

Hips: 44 cm

Length: 121 cm

 

Composition:

Main: 100% wool

Attached fabric: 100% polyester

 

Details:

Black maxi dress

Sheer mesh long lining with polkadots

Black wool deconstructed panelling

Cut-out at the side showing the sheer lining

Cut-out along the length of the back

Hidden back zipper

From the ‘Adult punk’ fall 1997 collection

 

Condition: 4,5/5

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Description

About Rei Kawakubo

Rei Kawakubo is a Japanese fashion designer, however, she didn’t study fashion but fine arts and literature at Keio University in Tokyo.

 

After graduation, she worked as a stylist before launching her label Comme des Garçons. Going against the 1980s super feminine look, she sent an all black, deconstructed collection on the runway, dubbed “anti-fashion” and “Hiroshima Chic” by easily shocked and insensitive journalists.

 

During the 1980s, her garments were primarily in black and dark grey or white. By the time of her Paris debut in 1981, Kawakubo was so famous that her fans were dubbed ‘the crows’ in the Japanese press.

 

Comme des Garçons kept on growing, evolving into a Comme de Garçons ‘world’ with about 20 distinct lines. This also gave Rei Kawakubo the possibility to give employees their own line, like Junya Watanabe, (the now discontinued) Tao Kurihara en the recently added Noir by Kei Ninomiya.

 

Kawakubo specializes in anti-fashion; producing deconstructed garments, which are draped around the body in an asymmetric shape, making them look awkward and uncomfortable. The hems are often unfinished and frayed.

Rei Kawakubo is reclusive and doesn’t give many interviews, she let’s her creations speak for themselves. She is know as a fashion icon and influence for designers like Martin Margiela, Ann Demeulemeester and Helmut Lang which have all name checked Kawakubo as an inspiration.

Additional information

Weight 1.65 kg
Womens size

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