ISSEY MIYAKE

Issey Miyake has often gone to extreme lengths to develop garments with entirely new properties. A-POC, his “a piece of cloth” collection, for instance, required the customer to cut the desired item of clothing from a long tube of high-tech fabric. The Japanese designer’s biggest commercial success, however, has been the PLEATS PLEASE line, a range of clothing made from a custom-made and highly flexible pleated fabric. Miyake frequently juxtaposed technical innovation with references to European and Japanese folk dress in this line. Another milestone in his career was the famous collaboration with choreographer William Forsythe at the Frankfurt Ballet, which clearly showed ISSEY MIYAKE’s desire to transcend the rigid boundaries of the fashion industry. Read our editorial, to find out more…