Sleeveless top, skirt, shoes with fur
Rei Kawakubo
(Japanese, born in 1942)
Comme des Garçons, Ltd.
(Japanese, founded in 1969)
Autumn/Winter 1997–1998
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueCotton (muslin) and polyester (organza) plain weave (top); polyester gauze weave with supplementary wool patterning wefts and warps, clipped; nylon net lining (skirt), leather, rubber and faux fur (shoes).
DimensionsCenter back (top): 47 cm (18 1/2 in.)
Center back (skirt): 94 cm (37 in.)
Center back (shoes): 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Length x width (shoes): 24.9 × 8.6 cm (9 13/16 × 3 3/8 in.)
Center back (skirt): 94 cm (37 in.)
Center back (shoes): 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Length x width (shoes): 24.9 × 8.6 cm (9 13/16 × 3 3/8 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 number2017.4343.1-4
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
19th century
about 1875