Vintage Comme des Garcons Pin Stripe Sheath Dress 1992

Detail: Vintage Comme des Garcon black and cream pin-stripe minimalist sheath dress from 1992. Exquisitely constructed to form a long tube style (almost waistless) silhouette in near mint condition. Seams to front and back deconstruct the 1940s style pockets to the bust and hip area. Long kick vent to reverse hem. Unlined. Full centre zip fastening to rear. 

 Period: 1992

Condition: Excellent / Near Mint.

Sizing: Small. UK10. Bust 34 inches. Waist 30 inches. Hips 36 inches. Length 49 inches. 

Colour: Black and Cream

Fabric: 100% Wool

Origin: Japan

Care: Dry Clean

Vintage Comme des Garcons Pin Stripe Sheath Dress 1992

Like her contemporaries, Issey Miyake and Yohji Yamamoto, Rei Kawakubo is an intellectual designer for whom fashion is a fine art. Her clothes require a different thought level, her pieces destroy preconceived ideas. The Comme des Garçons' concept sticks to the same principles: minimalist display and perplexing cuts. Often the uninitiated cannot understand where Kawakubo is coming from: sometimes shapeless and complicated, complex and baffling, a Comme des Garçons collection exposes the inner workings of a lapel, leaves edges unfinished and reduces a sweater to an unintelligible mass of boiled wool.

Despite its unorthodox associations, Comme des Garçons has populist appeal: there are more than 300 outlets in 33 countries worldwide. Rei Kawakubo was the first to use `real' people as catwalk models, including Hollywood stars Dennis Hopper, Matt Dillon, John Malkovich and John Hurt. Wearer of austere expressions and giver of few interviews, Kawakubo said, in Rei Kawakubo and Comme des Garçons (1990), `What I do is concerned with the long term, and yet fashion is cyclical. It is a paradox, but it doesn't bother me. It's always exciting to do a new collection.'