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Issey Miyake

Issey Miyake is a fashion designer known for challenging conventional concepts of design and innovating new techniques. His aesthetic is rooted in traditional Japanese design but he rejects the label of 'Japanese fashion designer'. In 1993 Miyake created the Pleats Please range, innovating the traditional pleating process by reversing it, producing garments that permanently hold their pleats. In 2000 he launched A-POC (A Piece of Cloth) which saw another renewed form of clothing production, forming a tube of stretch jersey fabric which garments are cut from. A kind of DIY fashion that the wearer could customise as they please. Miyake's designs are not only sculptural and architectural, but practical too.


Issey Miyake

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Emily M. Orr

Issey Miyake, Autumn/Winter 1984

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Issey Miyake, Autumn/Winter 1985

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Issey Miyake, Autumn/Winter 1986

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Issey Miyake, Autumn/Winter 1987

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Issey Miyake, Autumn/Winter 1988

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Issey Miyake, Autumn/Winter 1989

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Issey Miyake, Autumn/Winter 1990

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Issey Miyake, Autumn/Winter 1991

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Issey Miyake, Autumn/Winter 1992

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Issey Miyake, Autumn/Winter 1993

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Issey Miyake, Autumn/Winter 1994

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Issey Miyake, Autumn/Winter 1995

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Issey Miyake, Autumn/Winter 1996

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Issey Miyake, Autumn/Winter 1997

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Issey Miyake, Autumn/Winter 1998

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Issey Miyake, Autumn/Winter 1999

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Issey Miyake, Autumn/Winter 2000

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Issey Miyake, Fall/Winter 1984

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Veronica Maldonado

Issey Miyake, Fall/Winter 1985–1986

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Hayley-Jane Dujardin Mazières

Issey Miyake, Fall/Winter 1991–1992

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Hayley-Jane Dujardin Mazières

Issey Miyake, Spring/Summer 1983

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Issey Miyake, Spring/Summer 1984

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Issey Miyake, Spring/Summer 1985

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Issey Miyake, Spring/Summer 1986

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Issey Miyake, Spring/Summer 1987

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Issey Miyake, Spring/Summer 1988

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Issey Miyake, Spring/Summer 1989

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Issey Miyake, Spring/Summer 1990

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Issey Miyake, Spring/Summer 1991

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Issey Miyake, Spring/Summer 1992

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Issey Miyake, Spring/Summer 1993

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Issey Miyake, Spring/Summer 1994

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Issey Miyake, Spring/Summer 1994

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Veronica Maldonado

Issey Miyake, Spring/Summer 1995

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Veronica Maldonado

Issey Miyake, Spring/Summer 1995

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Issey Miyake, Spring/Summer 1996

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Issey Miyake, Spring/Summer 1997

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Issey Miyake, Spring/Summer 1998

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Issey Miyake, Spring/Summer 1999

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Issey Miyake, Spring/Summer 2000

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