comprising: a black jacket with various gathers and pleated floral forms that distort the overall shape, safety pin closure, yellow on black woven label, bust approx 112cm 44in; a jumbo-shirred skirt of bulbous orb-like construction, printed ribbon label, size S, waist approx 86cm 34in (2)
"[The spring/summer 1997 collection was inspired] by Rei's anger at seeing a Gap shop window filled with banal black clothes." - Adrian Joffe, CEO of Comme des Garçons, 2015
Condition Report
Good condition, the jacket with a series of tiny pinholes from being fastened with a safety pin (minor)
Japanese fashion
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