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Rei Kawakubo
Woman's CapeSpring/Summer 1997

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Fashion display with a gray mannequin wearing a voluminous sheer white crinkled top and an oversized, rounded honey-gold paper-like skirt, lit against a dark background
Fashion garment on a gray mannequin: voluminous white sheer organza top with gathered, ruffled texture over a dramatically oversized crinkled kraft-paper-toned skirt with a bulbous, sculptural silhouette, photographed in profile against a dark background.
Close-up photograph of a white sheer organza garment on a mannequin, featuring draped layers and ruffled three-dimensional fabric rosettes along the shoulder and sleeve, against a dark gray background.
Close-up photograph of layered white translucent organza fabric, ruffled and gathered at the shoulder area, set against a dark background.
Close-up of a sculptural textile work in white sheer organza, formed into billowing petal-like shapes gathered at central rosette points, backlit to reveal translucent layers against a neutral gray background.

Rei Kawakubo, Comme des Garçons, Woman's Cape, Spring/Summer 1997, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ambrose, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Designer
Rei Kawakubo
Japan, Tokyo, born 1942
Design House
Comme des Garçons
Japan, founded 1969
Title
Woman's Cape
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
Spring/Summer 1997
Medium
Polyester plain weave (organdy); gathered, stitched, and heat- and pressure-set
Dimensions
Center back length: 32 in. (81.28 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ambrose
Accession Number
M.2002.185.25
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles

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