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[52] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 46 cm + 1 case (48 x 31 x 3 cm) + 1 booklet + 1 dress pattern., On title page, the cedilla in "garçons" is rendered with an asterisk. "This is no. [6] in a limited edition of 2800 numbered copies"--Bottom of case. Booklet has title: "Six 1/4" ([32] pages in accordion fold format; 21 x 15 cm) and 1 folded dress pattern (37 x 25 cm), printed on muslin and sealed in clear plastic, with title on recto, "What do you make of this?" and on verso, "A dress." Booklet photography by Kishim Shinoyama. Folded leaf of plates is an advertisement. "Contributor list: Alexander McQueen, Alexandra White, Amber Valletta, Andrew Richardson, Bruce Weber, Craig McDean, Elizabeth Djian, Eric Wright, Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Joe McKenna, Julien d'Ys, Karl Lagerfeld, Katy England, Kishin ShinoIyama, M/M (Paris), Mako Yamazaki, Marc Atlan, Mario Sorrenti, Martin Margiela, Masayuki Hayashi, Michael Thompson, Miles Aldridge, Nick Knight, Paolo Roversi, Peter Lindbergh, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Stephane Marais, Steven Klein, Tsuguya Inoue. -- Publisher's website. "Rei Kawakubo became our first guest editor in 20 COMME DES GARÇONS. Rei opened up her archives and chose her favorite pieces for select photographers to reinterpret. It was exciting for us to see what a young photographer like Mario Sorrenti, then twenty-six, would do with fashion that dated as far back as 1982 (at which time he was only eleven years old). Philip-Lorca diCorcia, contributing for the first time, took a Comme des Garcons dress to the bustling streets of Hong Kong. Nick Knight mixed Comme with Alexander McQueen and created what turned out to be one of the most reproduced Visionaire images ever. A real dress pattern, printed on muslin, comes packaged in the issue." - Publisher's Website Loose pages, plates, booklet and dress pattern in two-part cardboard box. Red & white check printed pattern with title letting in white. Includes subscription sheet. Library has copy no. 6 of an edition of 2800. Gift of Gregory E. Foley, RISD Alumnus, AP 1991.
ISBN
Visionaire20_CommeDesGarcons.pdf
Publication Date
1997
Imprint / Year
New York : Visionaire Publishing, [1997]
Measurements
46 cm + 1 case (48 x 31 x 3 cm) + 1 booklet (21 x 15 cm) + 1 dress pattern. (37 x 25 cm)
RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record
Publisher
Visionaire Publishing
City
New York
Keywords
color printing; art photography; illustration (process); graphic design; booklets; accordion pleats; muslin; textile printing; periodicals; collaboration; portraits; fashion (concept); illustrations (layout features); patterns (guides); dress pattern; movable books; clothing
Disciplines
Book and Paper
Recommended Citation
Gan, Stephen; Dean, Cecilia; Kaliardos, James; Foley, Greg; and Comme des Garçons, "Visionaire 20: Comme des Garçons" (1997). Visionaire. 33.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_periodicals_visionaire/33