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Issey Miyake—The beauty of life
Issey Miyake—The beauty of life
Issey Miyake was born in 1938.
He trained as a graphic designer in Tokyo and subsequently went to Paris, where he studied couture. In New York he learned about ready-to-wear and showed his first collection in 1971.
Since 1973, he’s presented his own collections around the world.
Issey Miyake was raised in Hiroshima after World War II. He was exposed to the horrors of was and ideals of national regeneration.
Issey Miyake—The beauty of lifeMiyake’s early works were strongly influenced by Japanese tradition.
Source: Issey Miyake & Miyake Design Studio 1970-1985 (in Japanese)
Issey Miyake—The beauty of life
A Piece of Cloth (1976) ‘The cut of a Western
garment is determined by the body, Japanese one by the fabric.’
-- by Issey Miyake
‘Issey Miyake has taught us this essential truth: that clothing is made of a single piece of cloth enveloping a moving body.’—by Arata Isozaki
Source: Issey Miyake Making Things (p33)
Issey Miyake—The beauty of life
Plastic Body (1980)Miyake bustiers have
become a fashion milestone.
Source : Fashion (big photo)
12 Japanese masters
Issey Miyake—The beauty of
lifeRattan Body (1982)Purely futuristic rattan
bodices reminiscent of samurai armor.
Source: 12 Japanese Masters
Issey Miyake—The beauty
of lifeA creation which reveals
its beauty not by accentuating the body but by the movement of the fabric: Issey Miyake 1983
Source: Fashion
Issey Miyake—The beauty of life
The Pleats was the principal element of the Issey Miyake collection of 1988. It was not until 1993 that the Pleats Please Issey Miyake line of practical, comfortable, playful clothes was launched commercially.
Dancers from the Frankfurt Ballet in Pleats, 1991
Source: Issey Miyake Making Things (p24-25)
Issey Miyake—The beauty of life
Miyake’s featherlight, machine washable, non-crease polyester ‘Pleats Please’ line, introduced in 1993, was an instant success and proved to ideal for traveling.
Source : 20th CenturyFashion (p255)
Spring/Summer 1994
Issey Miyake—The beauty of life
Lantern procession: every movement brings delicate animation to these cleverly pleated dresses from Issey’s Flying saucer collection of 1992, so reminiscent of childhood lanterns.
Source : Fashion The Century of the Designer 1900-1999
Issey Miyake—The beauty of
lifeShell(1994)
Source: 12 Japanese Masters
Bouncing dressSpring/summer collection 1994
Issey Miyake—The beauty
of lifeGuest artist series
1996Work with Yasumasa
Morimura
Source: Fashion
Issey Miyake—The beauty of life
Textiles by Makiko Minagawa
1984 and 1987
Source : Issey Miyake Making Things (p44)
Issey Miyake—The beauty of
lifeA new development
Miyake took motifs from the arts, then his creation became artworks themselves.
Source: Fashion
Issey Miyake—The beauty of
life• Green Queen
A-POC 1999
Source: Radical Fashion
(p117)
Issey Miyake—The beauty of life
‘Just before’ and ‘A-POC King & Queen’ Issey Miyake making things.(2000)
Source : Radical Fashion (p114-115)
Issey Miyake—The beauty of
life
A-POC One Piece (2001)
Source: Radical Fashion (p113)
Issey Miyake—The beauty of
lifePleats Please promotional
images(2000-2001)
Source: 12 Japanese Masters
Issey Miyake—
The beauty of life
Torrents (crushing technique), autumn/winter collection 1992
Source : Issey Miyake Making Things
Issey Miyake—The beauty of life
Papier de Bonbon (crumpling and press technique), spring/summer collection 1992
Source : Issey Miyake Making Things
Issey Miyake—The beauty of lifeDunes (Shrinking technique), spring/summer collection 1998Source : Issey Miyake Making Things
Issey Miyake—The beauty
of lifeTwist (twisting
technique), spring/summer collection 1992
Source : Issey Miyake Making
Things
Issey Miyake—The beauty of
life• Tubed veil (partial
shrinking technique), spring/summer collection
Source : Issey Miyake Making Things
Issey Miyake—The beauty of
lifeJust before (clothes
produced from a tube of knit), spring/summer collection 1998
Source : Issey Miyake Making Things
Issey Miyake—The beauty of lifeStarburst (pressing technique), autumn/winter collection 1998Source : Issey Miyake Making Things
Issey Miyake—The beauty of lifeReference:
Herve,Chandes. (editor) (1999). Issey Miyake Making Things, Zurich-Berlin- New York: Fondation Cartier pour I’art Contempotain.
Issey Miyake & Miyake Design Studio 1970-1985 (in Japanese)
Saiki, Maggie Kinser. (2002). 12 Japanese Masters, New York: Graphis Inc.
Wilcox, Claire. (2001). Radical Fashion. London : V&A Publics. Seeling, Charlotte. 1999: Fashion - The Century of the designer 1900-
1999. Spain: Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH.
Mendes, Valerie .1999: 20th Century Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson
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Issey Miyake—The beauty of life
You have to put life into your work. The ‘beauty of life’, which is most appropriate. Associated with a slightly daring sort of humor!
by Issey Miyake