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Junya Watanabe, designer

Woman's Dress, spring/summer 2003

Description

Maker

  • Junya Watanabe, b. 1961, Japanese, designer
  • Comme des Garçons, established 1969, Japanese, design house
  • Junya Watanabe Comme des Garçons, established 1992, design label

Title

Woman's Dress

Year

spring/summer 2003

Medium

Polyester, cotton, metal; plain weave, twill weave

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • metal,
  • cotton,
  • polyester,
  • polyester (correct spelling)

Techniques

  • plain weave,
  • twill weave

Dimensions

Center back: 121.9 cm (48 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Label: Junya Watanabe ~ Comme des Garçons Co., Ltd. Made in Japan ~ AD 2002 ~ VI-0018

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume

Credit

Gift of Mark Pollack

Object Number

2011.56.1

About

This dress expresses Japanese designer Junya Watanabe’s keen interest in sculpting new creations that are replete with historical references. Described by one
fashion reviewer as “a vision of 18th-century milkmaids who had parachuted into a field of flowers,” this dress recalls polonaise gowns, a poufed style popular in 1770s
and 1780s Europe. The Polonaise style adapted into fashion the working woman’s habit of tucking the hem of her dress into her underskirt to keep it clean. The
white polyester printed with blue roses references European copies of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain as well as motifs seen in mass-produced European textiles in the mid-1800s.

Label: Junya Watanabe ~ Comme des Garçons Co., Ltd. Made in Japan ~ AD 2002 ~ VI-0018

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