This Comme des Garçons Noir vest belonged to Judith Chung, a fashion entrepreneur and journalist. Individual plates of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) are chained by metal rings forming the silhouette of a vest. Designer Rei Kawakubo is known to create experimental, avant garde, deconstructivist innovations that push the boundaries of fashion.Along with the rise of Japanese fashion globally in the 1980s, boutiques in Singapore catering to Japanese designers multiplied. Judith Chung was the owner of the popular boutique Man and His Woman (1972–1993), one of the most significant shops in Orchard Road that carried such Japanese brands. The multi-label store also brought in the most desirable global high fashion labels in the 1970s–80s. Her tastes and shop shaped an entire generation of fashionable people in Singapore and the region.
