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Group shot: 2017.4427.1-2
Sculpted dress and shoulder harness
Group shot: 2017.4427.1-2

Sculpted dress and shoulder harness

Rei Kawakubo (Japanese, born in 1942)
Comme des Garçons, Ltd. (Japanese, founded in 1969)
Autumn/Winter 2016–2017
Medium/TechniqueCotton velvet (velveteen) and cotton twill.
DimensionsCenter back (sculpted dress): 103.5 cm (40 3/4 in.)
Width (shoulder harness): 53.3 cm (21 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 number2017.4427.1-2
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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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Autumn/Winter 2004–2005
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