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Yasumasa Morimura
Dress from 'Pleats Please Issey Miyake Guest Artist Series No. 1'1996

Not on view
Pleated long-sleeve dress with high collar, printed with a composite of a grayscale classical nude figure overlaid with a vivid coral-red photographic image across the lower body
Pleated textile with tight vertical folds, printed with a close-up figurative image in red, cream, and dark gray; the pleating distorts and fragments the underlying printed design.
Pleated textile with printed graphic design; bold diagonal sweep of red and black in the upper portion overlays a gray-toned image of billowing clouds below, the fine vertical pleating creating a ribbed texture across the surface.
Pleated garment with a photographic face print, showing a close-up of a woman's face in muted mauve and cream tones, the fine vertical pleating distorting the image across the fabric's surface.

Yasumasa Morimura, Issey Miyake, Miyake Design Studio, Dress from 'Pleats Please Issey Miyake Guest Artist Series No. 1', 1996, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Jun I. Kanai, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Yasumasa Morimura
Japan, Osaka, born 1951
Designer
Issey Miyake
Japan, 1938-2022
Design House
Miyake Design Studio
Japan, founded 1970
Title
Dress from 'Pleats Please Issey Miyake Guest Artist Series No. 1'
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1996
Medium
Polyester knit, printed, with heat set pleats
Dimensions
Center back length: 53 1/2 in. (135.89 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jun I. Kanai
Accession Number
AC1999.104.2
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Örmen, Catherine. L'Art de la Mode. Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod, 2015.
Copyright
© Yasumasa Morimura