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132 5. Issey Miyake Dress and Bolero

(Japanese, born in 1938)
2010
Medium/TechniquePolyester (PET) plain weave, heat set pleats, gold ink
DimensionsLength x width (dress, folded): 57.2 × 26.7 cm (22 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.)
Center front (dressed): 73.7 cm (29 in.)
Center back (dressed): 67.3 cm (26 1/2 in.)
Length x width (bolero, folded): 29.2 × 59.7 cm (11 1/2 × 23 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Issey Miyake, New York
Accession number2016.86.1-2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceThe artist; Issey Miyake, Inc. Japan; sold by Issey Miyake, Inc. Japan to Issey Miyake USA, Corp, New York; 2015, gift of Issey Miyake USA, Corp to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 23, 2016)
Issey Miyake
about 1991
Issey Miyake
Spring/Summer 1991
Issey Miyake
about 1997
Group shot: 2010.1448.1-2
Gnyuki Torimaru
1992
Bag
NUNO Corporation
about 2000
Group shot: 2003.148.1-2
Miyake Design Studio
Autumn/Winter 1999
Woman's dress
Mary McFadden
1980–89
Issey Miyake
Autumn/Winter 1991
Issey Miyake
Spring-Summer 1994
Pants
Issey Miyake
2000