Coat dress, padded skirt, brown shoes
Rei Kawakubo
(Japanese, born in 1942)
Comme des Garçons, Ltd.
(Japanese, founded in 1969)
Autumn/Winter 1996–1997
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniquePolyester and rayon voided velvet, cotton plain weave (muslin), polyester batting, leather, elastic, rubber
DimensionsLength (dress): 105.4 cm (41 1/2 in.)
Center back (skirt): 64.8 cm (25 1/2 in.)
Center back (shoes): 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.)
Length x width (shoes): 30 × 9.5 cm (11 13/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
Center back (skirt): 64.8 cm (25 1/2 in.)
Center back (shoes): 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.)
Length x width (shoes): 30 × 9.5 cm (11 13/16 × 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 number2017.4338.1-4
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
Autumn/Winter 2012–2013