Dress

Issey Miyake|Miyake Design Studio

1989 · wool · Costume Institute

This knit dress, the creation of which coincided with Miyake's 1989 "Cicada Pleats" pieces, features triangular structures divergent from an otherwise natural torso line. These structures provided permanence in form within a fluid and otherwise organic entity. Often compared to the padded dresses or projectile shapes of Rei Kawakubo's collections, Miyake's triangular protrusions were interpreted by many fashion critics as the designer's confrontation of traditional Western body ideals

Artist

Issey Miyake|Miyake Design Studio

Date

1989

Medium

wool

Culture

Japanese

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, 2003