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Junya Watanabe

Dress

Maker

Junya Watanabe (Japanese, b. 1961), designer
Comme des Garçons (Japanese), design label

Title

Dress

Year

2008

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

cotton, rayon, polyester

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Center back length: 153.7 cm (60 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Label: Junya Watanabe / Comme des Garçons; [size] M; Made in Japan

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Purchase

Object Number

2009.61.1

Type

Exhibition History

“Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass"
Jun 10, 2014 – Mar 08, 2015

Label copy

Junya Watanabe is a master of shaping and manipulating carefully chosen, often technically advanced material. This dress, designed for his Spring 2008 collection, exemplifies the designer’s keen interest in sculpting novel creations replete with historical references.

Collaborating with Liberty of London, Watanabe employed yards of the English firm’s renowned Tana Lawn fabric, patterned in tribute to the Indian export textiles eagerly consumed in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. In a twist to the story of East-to-West trade, Watanabe worked with Liberty fabric produced in Japan to develop a silhouette that references the Indian dhoti, a traditional garment worn by men.

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Junya Watanabe (Japanese, b. 1961), designer
Comme des Garçons (Japanese), design label
Dress, 2008
Cotton plain weave, printed; rayon and polyester braid embellishment
Center back length: 153.7 cm (60 1/2 inches)
Museum Purchase 2009.61.1

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