Ensemble

fall/winter 2015–16

Not on view

As a designer for Comme des Garçons, Junya Watanabe excelled by fusing Kawakubo's confrontational approach to traditional form with his own interest in historicism. Watanabe's fall/winter 2015 collection, which explores dimensionality through clothing, recalls the concertina pleated garments presented in his fall/winter 2000 collection, “Techno Couture”. This coat, created entirely of collapsible honeycomb pleats in wool jersey, is reminiscent of Pierre Cardin's "Cardine" dresses of the late 1960s. While Cardin pleated the textile using heat and metal molds, Watanabe achieves a similar effect using traditional sewing techiques.

Artwork Details

Overview

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Title: Ensemble
Design House: Comme des Garçons (Japanese, founded 1969)
Designer: Junya Watanabe (Japanese, born 1961)
Date: fall/winter 2015–16
Culture: Japanese
Medium: polyester, cupro, plastic (polyvinyl chloride), metal
Credit Line: Purchase, Funds from various donors, by exchange, 2015
Object Number: 2015.570a–c
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

More Artwork

A slider containing 5 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.

Suit, Comme des Garçons Japanese, linen, French — Suit
Comme des Garçons
1985–95

Shirt, Comme des Garçons Japanese, cotton, Japanese — Shirt
Comme des Garçons
ca. 1990

Sweater, Comme des Garçons Japanese, linen, Japanese — Sweater
Comme des Garçons
1984–87

Ensemble, Comme des Garçons Japanese, linen, synthetic, leather, mother-of-pearl, Japanese — Ensemble
Comme des Garçons
Rei Kawakubo
spring/summer 1985

Tunic, Comme des Garçons Japanese, wool, cotton, synthetic, Japanese — Tunic
Comme des Garçons
Rei Kawakubo
ca. 1992

Research Resources

The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.

To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.

Feedback

We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.