Issey Miyake RTW Spring 2023
The six large screens punctuate the vast and roughly carved Event Center in the Parc de la Villette, where Le Issey Miyake fashion show took place, each displaying a black and white photograph of the brand's founding designer. There was also one of his quotes that read, “I believe there is hope in design. The design evokes surprise and joy in purpose.
In continuity was a sentence embossed on a sheet of handmade washi paper left on the seat of each participant. That said, "We see design as a curiosity-driven process, built on comprehensive exploration - bringing joy, wonder and hope to life, and of course with a touch of playfulness." Issey Miyake's current designer, Satoshi Kondo, and his design team signed this document in memory of Miyake, who passed away on August 5 at the age of 84.
Miyake's memory, spirit and teachings continue to help shape the brand, which for spring has produced a graceful and sculptural silhouette collection.
To spark the imagination, Kondo and team members made sculptures of their own hands. One looked like clay bowls stacked on top of each other, some edges touching. Ideas, elements and textures from the making-of inspired the spring pieces.
They were a strong, multi-dimensional collection, called "A Form That Breathes", in solid hues, such as yellow, fuchsia and mint green or multicolored geometric prints.
The models walked through the dark room decorated with two large amorphous non-woven fabric sculptures in white on a music played by a pianist Koki Nakano.
Clothes, such as an off-the-shoulder dress made from a single piece of draped fabric, created elegant 3D silhouettes. A series of seamless pieces were blends of knitting techniques resulting in both rounded and sharp details.
The Miyake team also knitted delicate yarns together, making the dresses bounce as the models moved.
The wearability of fashion was particularly notable when five modern dancers took the stage to perform, twirling and jumping, in front of the models made their last appearance.
"Each collection is for me an embodiment and a reflection of what I learned from Issey -san - and his sense of this idea of the body and the relationship between the body and the garment," Kondo said backstage after the show. "So this collection, in particular, is my interpretation."
The six large screens punctuate the vast and roughly carved Event Center in the Parc de la Villette, where Le Issey Miyake fashion show took place, each displaying a black and white photograph of the brand's founding designer. There was also one of his quotes that read, “I believe there is hope in design. The design evokes surprise and joy in purpose.
In continuity was a sentence embossed on a sheet of handmade washi paper left on the seat of each participant. That said, "We see design as a curiosity-driven process, built on comprehensive exploration - bringing joy, wonder and hope to life, and of course with a touch of playfulness." Issey Miyake's current designer, Satoshi Kondo, and his design team signed this document in memory of Miyake, who passed away on August 5 at the age of 84.
Miyake's memory, spirit and teachings continue to help shape the brand, which for spring has produced a graceful and sculptural silhouette collection.
To spark the imagination, Kondo and team members made sculptures of their own hands. One looked like clay bowls stacked on top of each other, some edges touching. Ideas, elements and textures from the making-of inspired the spring pieces.
They were a strong, multi-dimensional collection, called "A Form That Breathes", in solid hues, such as yellow, fuchsia and mint green or multicolored geometric prints.
The models walked through the dark room decorated with two large amorphous non-woven fabric sculptures in white on a music played by a pianist Koki Nakano.
Clothes, such as an off-the-shoulder dress made from a single piece of draped fabric, created elegant 3D silhouettes. A series of seamless pieces were blends of knitting techniques resulting in both rounded and sharp details.
The Miyake team also knitted delicate yarns together, making the dresses bounce as the models moved.
The wearability of fashion was particularly notable when five modern dancers took the stage to perform, twirling and jumping, in front of the models made their last appearance.
"Each collection is for me an embodiment and a reflection of what I learned from Issey -san - and his sense of this idea of the body and the relationship between the body and the garment," Kondo said backstage after the show. "So this collection, in particular, is my interpretation."
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