Jacket and skirt ensemble with embroidered birds
Rei Kawakubo
(Japanese, born in 1942)
Comme des Garçons, Ltd.
(Japanese, founded in 1969)
Autumn/Winter 1989–1990
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueWool twill embroidered with synthetic yarn; lined with synthetic plain weave
DimensionsCenter back (Jacket): 40 cm (15 3/4 in.)
Length (Skirt): 63.5 cm (25 in.)
Length (Skirt): 63.5 cm (25 in.)
Credit LineFrank B. Bemis Fund, William E. Nickerson Fund, Otis Norcross Fund, Frederick Brown Fund, Helen and Alice Colburn Fund, and Alice M. Barlett Fund
Accession number2017.4319.1-2
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceBy 2017, Cynthea J. Bogel, Tieton, WA; 2017, sold by Cynthea J. Bogel to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 2017)
Rei Kawakubo
Spring/Summer 2016–2017
Rei Kawakubo
Autumn/Winter 2012–2013
