Item 2016.197 - Comme des Garçons Homme Plus Trompe L'Oeil Jacket

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2016.197

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Comme des Garçons Homme Plus Trompe L'Oeil Jacket

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  • Autumn Winter 2000 (Creation)

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(1984-)

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The main menswear line of Comme des Garçons designed by Rei Kawakubo.

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This artificial leather jacket employs a trompe l’oeil effect through the strategic use of cuts and seams, creating the illusion of a shorter jacket layered over a longer one. The trompe l’oeil upper piece is made from perforated material and finishes at the upper hip, while the actual jacket extends to the lower hip. The jacket features two jetted flap pockets and one slanted breast pocket. The sleeve cuffs have three horn buttons on a sham vent, with a trompe l’oeil shorter sleeve above, ending in line with the edge of the trompe l’oeil body. This shorter sleeve has three non-working stitched buttonholes.
Surface: artificial leather. Lining: 53% cupra, 47% polyester.
Country of Design: Japan

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      Artificial Leather and Polyester
      Colour/Print: Black

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      Invisible Men exhibition label:

      BLACK LEATHER JACKET
      Comme des Garçons Homme Plus
      2000

      A trompe l'oeil effect is created here through the clever use of cut and seaming, giving the illusion that a shorter jacket is layered over another longer jacket. This motif was repeated throughout the Autumn Winter 2000 Comme des Garçons Homme Plus collection.

      Artificial leather, polyester
      Archive no. 2016.197

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      Invisible Men exhibition label:

      BLACK LEATHER JACKET
      Comme des Garçons Homme Plus
      2000

      A trompe l'oeil effect is created here through the clever use of cut and seaming, giving the illusion that a shorter jacket is layered over another longer jacket. This motif was repeated throughout the Autumn Winter 2000 Comme des Garçons Homme Plus collection.

      Artificial leather, polyester
      Archive no. 2016.197

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      From Inside the Westminster Menswear Archive:

      TROMPE L’OEIL JACKET
      Comme des Garçons Homme Plus
      Autumn Winter 2000
      A trompe l’oeil effect has been created by the clever use of cut and seaming in this artificial leather jacket, giving the appearance of a shorter jacket layered over a longer one. Several garments in the Comme des Garçons Homme Plus Autumn Winter 2000 collection featured this technique. The trompe l’oeil shorter overpiece is made of perforated material and ends at the upper hip, whereas the actual jacket extends to the lower hip. There are two jetted flapped pockets and one slanted breast pocket. The sleeve cuffs have three horn buttons on a sham vent, above this is a shorter trompe l’oeil sleeve that ends in line with the edge of the trompe l’oeil body, with three non-working stitched buttonholes.
      Artificial Leather, Cupro, Polyester
      Archive no. 2016.197
      62

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      D.CDG.3 - 2016

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