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Created with all the dancer's sensibility of a Rudi Gernreich piece, this incredible Issey Miyake unitard would have pleased Gernreich to no end. Clever as the day is long, it is shimmering chameleon skin woven of chartreuse nylon and polyurethane so it isn't constricting or tight but just clings and drapes perfectly. With a stand-up mock turtleneck, when you get to the arced seam that cuts across the chest from under each arm, there is a hidden zipper that unzips around the entire top of the garment so with just a little opening it is a scoopneck unitard with a stylized hood. Zip it farther and you are the symbolic snake shedding its skin. Modified dolman sleeve and a loop for hooking around the foot, with a hole for the heel, this really is a conceptual dance piece along the likes of Mark Morris or Twyla Tharp and one of the most inspired pieces of vintage we have had from an extremely well-respected designer. As makeshift top and slim pants, it comes together well with nothing but a simple Hermes leather wrap skirt from the Fall 2002 collection, fastened only at the waist - merci Margiela. Alternately, if you have the balls, you could wear it with just a long Richard Tyler black velvet robe coat, complete with braided silk belt. Made in Japan, it is an Issey medium, which fits a modern 8 or small 10 and is in excellent condition. $575.00 |
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