Bustier
1980-1981 {autumn-winter 1980–81}
- Medium
- metal, opaque synthetic polymer resin, polyester
- Measurements
- 39.0 × 18.0 × 34.0 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Japan
- Accession Number
- 1996.102
- Department
- International Fashion and Textiles
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1996
© Miyake Design Studio
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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Moulded on a human form, this bustier was made in collaboration with a mannequin manufacturer. Playing with the idea that clothing normally conceals, Issey Miyake created a second skin of glossy metal. In a convergence of body, form and garment, this bustier can be regarded as pure sculpture yet is, at the same time, wearable. Bustier, 1980, was one of the first in a series of experimental and sculptural garments that culminated in Miyake’s Bodyworks exhibition that toured to museums and galleries in Tokyo, London, Los Angeles, and San Francisco between 1983 and 1985.