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Comme des Garçons|Rei Kawakubo

fall/winter 1994–95 · wool · Costume Institute

Honoring the tradition of the man's suit while literally tearing it apart, Kawakubo assaults the suit, tearing at the lapels into the aftermath of a ripping, gnashing struggle. The soigné sartorial catalogue of "suitings" is rendered raw, in a Levi-Strauss sense, and brutal, basic, and visible as a fashion process.

Artist

Comme des Garçons|Rei Kawakubo

Date

fall/winter 1994–95

Medium

wool

Culture

Japanese

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Harold Koda, 1994