Comme Des Garcons Dress Meets Body

An analysis of comme des garcons spring summer 1997 collection content warning.

Comme des garcons dress meets body.

Kerry reveals the cover star of our passion for fashion december 12th 2016 auction. Body meets dress dress meets body. 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. 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.

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. Body meets dress dress meets body is a collection by rei kawakubo of comme des garcons from spring and summer 1997. Comme des garçons spring 1997 ready to wear collection runway looks beauty models and reviews.

It featured predominately tight tops and skirts that were swollen by goosedown filled lumps which distorted the body shape. Body meets dress dress meets body is a collection by rei kawakubo of comme des garçons. 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. Soo i wrote this paper in the spring for oxford and wanted to share it.

Kawakubo s collections decidedly rejected this idea which came as a shock to the proverbial fashion system. Ableism racism and abuse.