Comme des Garcons, Navy Wool Twill A-Line Skirt

Comme des Garcons, Navy Wool Twill A-Line Skirt

A-Line below-the-knee skirt in navy blue wool cavalry twill. The entire garment is made of gores cut and sewn the bias, in alternating wrong-side-to-wrong-side, and right-side-to-right-side seam, which create texture and rhythm. Waist is devoid of waistband with edges left raw with the bias cut preventing the fabric from fraying. Grosgrain ribbon is sewn along the waistline inside the garment to counter the stretch of the bias. Hemline is left raw but reinforced by a thin strip of black woven fusible interfacing fused and top-stitched, placed on the inside of the garment. Garment is closed by an invisible zipper running along the left hip.

Rei Kawakubo, 1942- , Designer

1980-1989

Gift from Marilyn Lanfear

HCC_FA_2018_P2-1594

Japan

Waist: 28"

Excellent condition. No trace of insect bite. A few drop-shaped grey fuzzy stains on the skirt might be mold.

Wool Cavalry Twill

Shane Patrick Qureshi

HCC Fashion Dept. Curatorial Team

2008.11.5