Costume and Textiles Woman's Evening Ensemble: Cape, Top, and Pants Made in Japan, Asia1971 Designed by Kansai Yamamoto, Japanese, born 1944 Polyester satin with polyester satin appliqués, polyster satin macramé Currently not on view 1974-3-1a--c Gift of Hess's Department Store, Allentown, 1974 |
LabelThe macramé cape seen here is Kansai's version of the long, fringed shawls and capes that were in vogue both as high fashion and anti-fashion in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. The hippie look was popular in Japan for a brief period among the futen-zuko (Vagabond Tribe), a youth subculture modeled on American hippies that emerged during the summer of 1967. |
