His office confirmed a private funeral had been held and other ceremonies will not be held in accordance with Miyake's wishes. "Designing is like a living organism in that it pursues what matters for its well-being and continuity," Miyake once wrote in his book. Miyake was also a pioneer in gender roles, asking feminist Fusae Ichikawa in the 1970s - when she was in her 80s - to be his model, sending the message that garments must be comfortable and express the natural beauty of real people.Īlthough he made clothes that went beyond the mundane, appearing to reach for the spiritual, he made a point to never get pretentious, always approving of the T-shirt-and-jeans look. His brown top, which combined the Japanese sewn fabric "sashiko" with raw silk knit, was splashed on the cover of the September 1973 issue of Elle magazine. In 1992, Miyake was commissioned to design the official Olympic uniform for Lithuania, which had just gained independence from the Soviet Union.īorn in Hiroshima in 1938, Miyake was a star as soon as he hit the European runways. He also collaborated with furniture and interior designer Shiro Kuramata, photographer Irving Penn, choreographer and director Maurice Bejart, pottery maker Lucie Rie and Ballet Frankfurt. He sometimes evoked images of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin or collaborated with Japanese painter Tadanori Yokoo in images of monkeys and foliage in vibrant, psychedelic hues. Over the years, he took inspiration from a variety of cultures and societal motifs, as well as everyday items - plastic, rattan, "washi" paper, jute, horsehair, foil, yarn, batik, indigo dyes and wiring. There are countless examples in the history of art which evidence how the West has. FILE - Models wear creations for Issey Miyake's ready to wear fall/winter 2014-2015 fashion collection presented in Paris, Feb.28, 2014.Īgain and again, Miyake returned to his basic concept of starting with a single piece of cloth - be it draped, folded, cut or wrapped. Japanese Fashion Designers: The Work and Influence of Issey Miyake.
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