Issey Miyake
Pleated Mock Turtleneck Top
1994
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Issey Miyake
Pleated Mock Turtleneck Top
1994
Physical Qualities
Polyester, 21 1/2 x 45 in. (54.6 x 114.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Linda Lindroth, New Haven, Connecticut, in Memory of William Aaron Pollack
Object Number
2008.96
Long sleeve mock turtleneck top composed of polyester fabric pleated vertically and shaped horizontaly into diamond shapes resembling scales. Lower portion is aqua blue. upper portion is grey-green with darker grey sections arranged in crossing lines to form larger diamond patterns containing smaller, lighter grey-green diamonds each with white edges or undyed outlines. The fabric expands to allow the wearer to place the garment on, then contracts to conform to the body shape. No fastenings are used.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2008; Linda Lindroth, New Haven, Connecticut
Rena Hoisington, New Arrivals: Gifts of Art for a New Century, Baltimore Museum of Art, February 7, 2016 to May 8, 2016.
Inscribed: Hang tag: Black lettering on white ground. Issey Miyake. Printed on reverse: "CAUTION/THIS GARMENT IS NOT PERMANENTLY PLEATED. TO MAINTAIN/THIS PLEAT EFFECT, PLEASE/ FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS/BELOW./ MUST NOT BE STEAM-IRONED./ ST-166." Tag removed from object and placed in curatorial object folder.
![LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURE SEATED ON A HILLSIDE [TOP]; LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES NEAR A CROSS [BOTTOM]](https://artbmadevsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/96165_25714587.jpg)
