Issey Miyake
"Flying Saucer" Gown

"Flying Saucer" Gown
"Flying Saucer" Gown
DesignerJapanese, 1938–2022
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • "Flying Saucer" Gown
Date1994
PlaceJapan
MediumPolyester gauze
DimensionsOverall: 58 × 24 in. (147.3 × 61 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Miyake Design Studio
Object number94.1224
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Provenance[Miyake Design Studio, New York]; given to MFAH, 1994.

Exhibition History"Fabric of Fashion," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 10–November 6, 1994.

"Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 23–September 22, 2019.

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no date
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1986
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