Designer in Focus: 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, and 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.
The Fashion Photography Archive contains more than 4,000 looks over 51 collections by Issey Miyake, spanning two decades, from the 1980s to 2000, and contains menswear and womenswear collections.
The 1980s
Image collections
- Issey Miyake, SS 1983
- Issey Miyake, FW 1984
- Issey Miyake, FW 1984
- Issey Miyake, FW 1984/85
- Issey Miyake, SS 1985
- Issey Miyake, FW 1985/86
- Issey Miyake, SS 1985/86
- Issey Miyake, SS 1986
- Issey Miyake, FW 1986/87
- Issey Miyake, Menswear, SS 1987
- Issey Miyake, SS 1987
- Issey Miyake, Menswear, FW 1987/88
- Issey Miyake, SS 1988
- Issey Miyake, FW 1988/89
- Issey Miyake, SS 1989
- Issey Miyake, SS 1989/90
- Issey Miyake, Menswear, FW 1989/90
The 1990s
Image collections
- Issey Miyake, SS 1990
- Issey Miyake, Menswear, SS 1990
- Issey Miyake, SS 1990/91
- Issey Miyake, FW 1991/92
- Issey Miyake, Menswear, SS 1992
- Issey Miyake, SS 1992
- Issey Miyake, Menswear, FW 1992/93
- Issey Miyake, FW 1992/93
- Issey Miyake, SS 1993
- Issey Miyake, Menswear, SS 1993
- Issey Miyake, Menswear, FW 1993/94
- Issey Miyake, FW 1993/94
- Issey Miyake, Menswear, FW 1994
- Issey Miyake, SS 1994
- Issey Miyake, FW 1994/95
- Issey Miyake, SS 1995
- Issey Miyake, FW 1995/96
- Issey Miyake, SS 1996
- Issey Miyake, Menswear, FW 1996/97
- Issey Miyake, Menswear, FW 1997
- Issey Miyake, SS 1997
- Issey Miyake, SS 1997
- Issey Miyake, FW 1997/98
- Issey Miyake, Menswear, SS 1998
- Issey Miyake, SS 1998
- Issey Miyake, Menswear, FW 1998/99
- Issey Miyake, FW 1998/99
- Issey Miyake, SS 1999
- Issey Miyake, Menswear, SS 1999
- Issey Miyake, FW 1999/00
- Issey Miyake, Menswear, FW 1999/00
The 2000s
Image collections
- Issey Miyake, SS 2000
- Issey Miyake, Menswear, SS 2000
- Issey Miyake, FW 2000/01
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