Famous Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake dies aged 84
Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake, renowned for his innovative pleated garments and for producing 100 mock turtlenecks for Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, has died of liver cancer in a Tokyo hospital. He was 84 years old.
The Issey Miyake Group released a short statement about his work saying, "Miyake's dynamic spirit was driven by relentless curiosity and desire to convey joy through pattern." He said "in accordance with Mr. Miyake's wishes, there will be no funeral or memorial service".
Like Andy Warhol, Miyake was interested in the overlap between art and design, and fashion. Throughout his 52-year career, the designer has maintained an "anti-trend" stance, always referring to his designs as "clothing" rather than "fashion".
"I'm most interested in people and the human form," Miyake told The New York Times in 2014. to Steve Jobs, he is believed to have produced 100 at less than $200 each.Designed to alleviate "decision fatigue", along with Jobs' Levi's 501 and New Balance 991, the tops have become shorthand for the Silicon Valley uniform from the late 90s, based on the idea that busy people's minds are more important than choosing ties.
Born in Hiroshima in 1938, Miyake studied graphic design at Tama Art University in Tokyo. But stung by the crossover between disciplines, he pivoted to fashion and moved to Paris to become an apprentice with Guy Laroche and eventually work for Hubert de Givenchy at the time when Audrey Hepburn wore his dresses.
After witnessing the student protests of 1968, Miyake became disenchanted with an industry designed to dress only the wealthy. It was this interest in fashion as art and function, democratic yet aesthetic, that led him to establish the Miyake design studio in 1970 and to present his first highly wearable collection in New York in 1971. one of his first pieces was a jersey bodysuit. , hand painted using traditional Japanese tattoo techniques.
A passionate sportsman, function has become the linchpin of Miyake's work. H...
Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake, renowned for his innovative pleated garments and for producing 100 mock turtlenecks for Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, has died of liver cancer in a Tokyo hospital. He was 84 years old.
The Issey Miyake Group released a short statement about his work saying, "Miyake's dynamic spirit was driven by relentless curiosity and desire to convey joy through pattern." He said "in accordance with Mr. Miyake's wishes, there will be no funeral or memorial service".
Like Andy Warhol, Miyake was interested in the overlap between art and design, and fashion. Throughout his 52-year career, the designer has maintained an "anti-trend" stance, always referring to his designs as "clothing" rather than "fashion".
"I'm most interested in people and the human form," Miyake told The New York Times in 2014. to Steve Jobs, he is believed to have produced 100 at less than $200 each.Designed to alleviate "decision fatigue", along with Jobs' Levi's 501 and New Balance 991, the tops have become shorthand for the Silicon Valley uniform from the late 90s, based on the idea that busy people's minds are more important than choosing ties.
Born in Hiroshima in 1938, Miyake studied graphic design at Tama Art University in Tokyo. But stung by the crossover between disciplines, he pivoted to fashion and moved to Paris to become an apprentice with Guy Laroche and eventually work for Hubert de Givenchy at the time when Audrey Hepburn wore his dresses.
After witnessing the student protests of 1968, Miyake became disenchanted with an industry designed to dress only the wealthy. It was this interest in fashion as art and function, democratic yet aesthetic, that led him to establish the Miyake design studio in 1970 and to present his first highly wearable collection in New York in 1971. one of his first pieces was a jersey bodysuit. , hand painted using traditional Japanese tattoo techniques.
A passionate sportsman, function has become the linchpin of Miyake's work. H...
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