Controversial Catwalk: Comme des Garçons ‘Sleep’ collection, 1995
Brownie, Barbara
(2017)
Controversial Catwalk: Comme des Garçons ‘Sleep’ collection, 1995.
Bloomsbury Publishing.
In 1995, Comme des Garçons provoked controversy with a collection featuring distressed fabric that bore faded boot prints, along with loose-fitting loungewear of blue and white striped cotton. Although Rei Kawakubo herself denied any intentional reference to the Holocaust, audiences saw the boot prints as references to bodies trampled underfoot, the vertically striped pajamas as imitations of those worn by concentration camp inmates. Large, “meaningless” numbers, printed onto hems, seemed to invite association with the depersonalization of concentration camp inmates. Kawakubo withdrew the collection from sale, but could not stem the tide of media criticism.
Item Type | Other |
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Uncontrolled Keywords | Come des Garcos; Rei Kawakubo; controversy; Holocaust; stripes |
Date Deposited | 14 Nov 2024 10:34 |
Last Modified | 14 Nov 2024 10:34 |