Ensemble
Designer Issey Miyake Japanese
Not on view
This ensemble features a rectangular tunic gathered at one shoulder, in reference to the kimono’s linear pattern as well as to classical drapery. Its colorful polka dots (from the Spanish, traje de lunares) could evoke a flamenco dancer’s costume, which has origins in Romani dress. A similar pattern in Japan called “water droplets,” consisting of various sizes of colorful dots, was especially popular with young women and were featured on meisen kimonos around the 1930s. This ensemble was sold in 1979 at Henri Bendel, the New York department store founded in 1895, and was worn by the late Diana Vreeland, special consultant to the Costume Institute.
On view from October 22, 2022–February 20, 2023
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