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Group shot: 2017.4335.1-4
Felted wool ensemble
Group shot: 2017.4335.1-4

Felted wool ensemble

Rei Kawakubo (Japanese, born in 1942)
Comme des Garçons, Ltd. (Japanese, founded in 1969)
Autumn/Winter 1995
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueFelt, leather and synthetic materials
DimensionsCenter back (jacket): 58.4 cm (23 in.)
Skirt length (PR waist to hem): 62.2 cm (24 1/2 in.)
Skirt length (PL waist to hem): 51.4 cm (20 1/4 in.)
Skirt waist: 26 in. (66 cm)
Center back height (shoes): 7.6 cm (3 in.)
Length x width overall (shoes): 30.5 × 9.5 cm (12 × 3 3/4 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 number2017.4335.1-4
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceBy 2017, Cynthea J. Bogel, Tieton, WA; 2017, sold by Cynthea J. Bogel to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 2017)
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Summer/Spring 2001–2002
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Autumn/Winter 2006–2007
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Autumn/Winter 2013–2014
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Autumn/Winter 2001–2002
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Spring/Summer 2000–2001
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Spring/Summer 2000–2001
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Autumn/Winter 2005–2006
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Autumn/Winter 2009–2010