Cape

Design House Yeohlee American

Designer Yeohlee Teng American

fall/winter 1993–94

Not on view

Yeohlee, one of the most intellectual designers of the 1990s, often plays on pairings of opposites, even as simple as black and white but inevitably complicated by internal/external, exposed/hidden elements. She refers to clothing as shelter and has been associated with sculptural design, but her paramount interest is always in the ethic and the intellect of the garment.

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Exhibition History

Title: Cape
Design House: Yeohlee (American, founded 1981)
Designer: Yeohlee Teng (American, born Malaysia, 1951)
Date: fall/winter 1993–94
Culture: American
Medium: silk
Credit Line: Gift of Yeohlee Teng, 1995
Object Number: 1995.72.7
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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