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Junya Watanabe, designer

Dress, 2008

Description

Maker

Junya Watanabe, b. 1961, Japanese, designer
Comme des Garçons, established 1969, Japanese, design label

Title

Dress

Year

2008

Medium

Cotton plain weave, printed; rayon and polyester braid embellishment

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

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

Place

Japan

Type

Fashion,
Costume

Credit

Museum Purchase

Object Number

2009.61.1

Exhibition History

“Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass"

June 10, 2014 - March 8, 2015

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for his Spring 2008 collection, exemplifies the designer’s keen interest in sculpting novel creations replete with historical references.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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