Dot Comme Gallery Shop

Dot Comme Gallery Shop
© Sean Fennesssy

DOT COMME GALLERY SHOP

Sibling Architecture

ARCHITECTS
Sibling Architecture

MANUFACTURERS
Rimex, Gaetano Pesce, Memphis Milano

PHOTOGRAPHS
Sean Fennesssy

AREA
100 m²

YEAR
2018

LOCATION
Melbourne, Australia

CATEGORY
Gallery

Fashion collector Octavius ‘Otto’ La Rosa has an archive of one-thousand-plus avant-garde fashion garments, which includes pieces by Comme des Garçons, Yohji Yamamoto, Issey Miyake, and Walter Van Beirendonck.

Dot Comme Gallery Shop
© Sean Fennesssy
Dot Comme Gallery Shop
© Sean Fennesssy

These garments can be purchased online, but have seldom made it to public viewing in the past.

The importance of archiving, documenting, and viewing fashion is core to Otto’s practice and reflects the increased cultural importance of fashion in the collections and exhibitions of museums and galleries.

Dot Comme Gallery Shop
© Sean Fennesssy
Dot Comme Gallery Shop
© Sean Fennesssy

In order to make the high-end of his archive public, Otto created a new outlet, Dot Comme, as a gallery to display a unique collection of garments that are artworks themselves.

The neutral territory of the white cube is transformed through texture. Undulating bulbous white walls hide changerooms behind.

Dimpled stainless steel creates depth and reflects light. Not everything is out in the open at Dot Comme.

Dot Comme Gallery Shop
© Sean Fennesssy
Dot Comme Gallery Shop
© Sean Fennesssy
Dot Comme Gallery Shop
© Sean Fennesssy

Most of the archive is concealed behind one of the doors, which references Rei Kawakubo’s first store where the collection was concealed in a backroom.

Shoppers may scroll through the online store of Dot Comme at a table by Gaetano Pesce and Memphis Milano, which is from owner Octavius La Rosa’s personal collection. Once selected, pieces are then brought out for display.


Dot Comme Gallery Shop
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