Comme Des Garcons Dress Meets Body

Soo i wrote this paper in the spring for oxford and wanted to share it.

Comme des garcons dress meets body.

An analysis of comme des garcons spring summer 1997 collection content warning. In this collection kawakubo sent down the runway models wearing dresses as well as separates but with pads placed on the abdomen the hips the back as well as the shoulder region. This collection created a controversy. In this collection from spring and summer 1997 kawakubo sent down the runway models wearing pads placed on the abdomen the hips the back as well as the shoulder region.

Body meets dress dress meets body is a collection by rei kawakubo of comme des garcons from spring and summer 1997. It featured predominately tight tops and skirts that were swollen by goosedown filled lumps which distorted the body shape. Kerry reveals the cover star of our passion for fashion december 12th 2016 auction. Kawakubo s collections decidedly rejected this idea which came as a shock to the proverbial fashion system.

Body meets dress dress meets body. Dress meets body body meets dress the s s 1997 collection by comme des garçons often referred to the lumps and bumps collection was a much talked about show in paris that season. All kawakubo s designs pushed the limits of wearability. She was pushing buttons again with a spring 1997 collection titled body meets dress dress.

Ableism racism and abuse. Rei kawakubo arrived on the paris fashion scene in the late 80s at the height of the era of the supermodel when the de facto message of fashion was that women were beautiful only insofar as they were polished and glamorous.