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Issey Miyake
Woman's DressFall/Winter 1994-1995

Not on view
Full-length silver-white garment with horizontal black bands and a dramatically stepped, angular skirt silhouette, displayed on a white mannequin
Fashion garment displayed on a headless mannequin: a floor-length silver lamé caftan with fine vertical ribbing, V-neckline with black trim, and wide sleeves. The skirt features horizontal black bands creating stepped, angular panels that flare dramatically outward at the sides.
Flat-laid pleated garment in white and silver fabric with fine vertical striping, featuring a deep V-neckline, long angular sleeves, and a tiered skirt divided by horizontal black bands that widen toward the hem.
Wall-mounted sculptural work composed of folded and pleated gray-toned sheets with dense parallel line markings, arranged in angular, origami-like forms against a white wall.
Wall-mounted sculpture of bundled metallic wires or rods arranged in a diagonal, ribbon-like form with chevron patterning, silver-gray in tone with dark edges, installed against a white wall.
Pleated textile garment piece in silver-gray fabric, laid flat against a white background, with dense parallel folds creating a herringbone-like chevron pattern at the center.
Full-length fashion garment on a white mannequin: a voluminous silver pleated dress with V-neckline, horizontal black trim bands creating tiered panels that flare dramatically outward toward the hemline.
Fashion photograph of a full-length pleated garment on a mannequin, shot in profile against a dark gray background. Voluminous silhouette in silver-white metallic pleated fabric with broad diagonal black stripes creating a grid-like pattern across the structured, tent-shaped form.

Issey Miyake, Miyake Design Studio, Woman's Dress, Fall/Winter 1994-1995, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Designer
Issey Miyake
Japan, 1938-2022
Design House
Miyake Design Studio
Japan, founded 1970
Title
Woman's Dress
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
Fall/Winter 1994-1995
Medium
Polyester plain weave, with heat-set peats
Dimensions
Center back length: 45 1/2 in. (115.57 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
AC1996.158.1
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Beckett, Sister Wendy. Sister Wendy's American Collection, Toby Eady Associates, ed. Harper Collins Publishers, 2000.

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