Issey Miyake - Technologically Inspired Creativity
Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake is known for his unique designs in clothing
, fragrances and more. His fashion sense is technologically inspired, leading to innovative creations unlike any other.
Born in Hiroshima, Japan, in 1938, Issey Miyake was only 7 years old when the devastating atomic bomb fell and miraculously survived. He went on to study in Tokyo, at the Tama Art University. For a time he worked in Paris and New York, before returning to Tokyo and opening Miyake Design Studio in 1970. The studio designed high end women's clothing and fashion.
Miyake developed a new way of pleating skirts, making production easier and faster and allowing more movement for the wearer. The technique, called Pleats Please, introduced in 1993, involved the clothing being cut and sewn, then pleated by a heat press. The fabric is then able to hold the pleats through "memory." The process was used in Miyake's costume design for Ballett Frankfurt.
Along with experimenting with new design techniques, Miyake is known for the ceramic and porcelain buttons that adorn many of his styles and are frequently featured in collections. These buttons were a gift from his long-time friend Dame Lucie Rie, an Austrian pottery artist.
Although Miyake formally retired from fashion and design in 1997, he still remains an integral part of the many design lines that are available under the Issey Miyake label:
- Issey Miyake, the main collection, available for men and for women
- Issey Miyake Fete, bright, colorful and youthful
- Pleats Please Issey Miyake
- Haat, a women's line
- A-POC, which stands for "a piece of cloth," a custom collection
- me Issey Miyake, known as Cauliflower outside of Japan, one-size tops that stretch to fit
In addition to these fashion lines, Issey Miyake has a number of other products and accessories produced under the label, including watches, a limited edition Evian bottle, a design research center and a foundation that organizes exhibitions and events and also publishes literature.
The Issey Miyake Parfums line was introduced in 1992. L'eau d'Issey, the first offering, is a lightly aquatic floral for women. The unique bottle design was created by Miyake, inspired by a view of the moon, just over the Eiffel Tower. The fragrance itself is soft and feminine, lovely and understated. In 1994, Miyake followed with a men's fragrance, L'eau d'Issey Pour Homme, sensual and masculine, with deep, spicy notes. This was followed 10 years later by a new version, L'Eau Bleue D'Issey.
Other outstanding selections in the Miyake collection include:
- A Scent for women by Issey Miyake, a simple fragrance that is more accent than perfume
- Soleil d'Issey, green and floral, combining the scents of violet, freesia, jasmine and other blooms
- L'eau d'Issey Pour Homme Summer Glimmer, a woodsy scent for men, featuring nutmeg, coriander, lily and mandarin
by: Gen Wright
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