'Dinosaur' jacket by Issey Miyake Inc
Object No. 94/276/1
Jacket, 'Dinosaur', silk / cardboard, by Issey Miyake Inc, Japan, 1991
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Summary
Physical Description
Jacket, 'Dinosaur', silk, Issey Miyake Inc, Japan, 1991. Long sleeve short jacket made of black silk. The jacket opens at centre front with large roll lapels and collar that is cut to stand up behind the head. The collar and sleeves are folded and pressed in such a way to create a zig zag line on the outer edge of the collar and along the top of the sleeve. The jacket is unlined and has no fastenings.
DIMENSIONS
Width
455 mm
PRODUCTION
Notes
Miyake is a leading international fashion designer whose clothes are often inspired by Japanese tradition and culture. The origami inspired design takes a culturally specific idiom and translates it into an international form. This jacket was designed for commercial production for Miyake's spring/summer range in 1991. The cut is simple yet complex based on origami Japanese folding techniques. He uses silk gazar. This is appropriate for this garment as the fabric combines qualities of delicacy with a gentle stiffness which is required to maintain the folded fabric form.
HISTORY
Notes
The jacket was purchased by Martin Kamer from the Miyake showrooms in New York in 1991 for his personal collection. The jacket has a Bergdorf Goodman label. Martin Kamer purchased the jacket from the Miyake showrooms in Bergdorf Goodman department store.
SOURCE
Credit Line
Purchased 1994
Acquisition Date
21 December 1994
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