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It consists of a black hand-knitted jumper decorated with randomly placed holes, giving it a post-Punk era feel and a black skirt of padded cotton jersey. This outfit is typical of the predominantly black collections produced during the early 1980s by Rei Kawakubo.","physicalDescription":"Jumper of black hand-knitted wool. Decorated with holes randomly placed. It uses an asymmetrical pattern and incorporates a deep welt that sits on the hips and gives form to the garment. The body is knitted in stocking stitch with holes placed at random to create a slashed effect. It is made in four pieces and seamed at the sides, shoulders and diagonally across the front and back. 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The designer (renowned throughout the 1980s as \"the woman who took the colour out of fashion\") has established an interplay of textures, blacks and shadows with the fine woollen undersweater; the 'lace' sweater and the sturdy asymmetrically quilted skirt in a deliberately washed-out shade of grey-black.\r\n\r\nRei Kawakubo's wrapped, layered clothing challenged many of the tenets of Western fashion in the early 1980s. The innovative use of asymmetrical cut, worn textures, frayed edges and a palette of blacks made her one of the most radical avant-garde designers of the decade.","date":{"text":"1999","earliest":"1999-01-01","latest":"1999-12-31"}},{"text":"WINTER OUTFIT\r\nSWEATER\r\nHand-knitted wool\r\nSKIRT\r\nMachine-knitted cotton jersey\r\nBOOTS\r\nLeather\r\nParis/Japan: Comme des Garçons (Rei Kawakubo), 1982\r\n\r\nRei Kawakubo was one of the influential group of Japanese designers who opened up new avenues for Western dress in the late 1970s and early 80s. Many of her designs, notably this asymmetrical sweater, were rapidly 'borrowed' by down market manufacturers and within days appeared in high street shops.\r\n\r\nThe body of the sweater is knitted in stocking stitch with holes placed at random to create a slashed effect. It is made in four pieces and seamed at the sides, shoulders and diagonally across the front and back. The sleeves and welt are ribbed. The full, ankle-length skirt, gathered into a narrow waistband, is made of a double layer of jersey fabric and quilted. The outfit is completed by a pair of walking style boots.\r\n\r\nGiven by Rei Kawakubo\r\nT.167 to C-1985","date":{"text":"1985","earliest":"1985-01-01","latest":"1985-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["T.167-1985"],"accessionNumberNum":"167","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":1985,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-04-12","recordCreationDate":"2003-01-24","availableToBook":true}}