Issey

Issey Miyake’s spring 1998 collection opens with a “Look, ma, no hands!” moment. Barefoot models appear wrapped in stretch dresses with no armholes. Words like mummy or bondage might come to mind, but the soft tones of the clothes and the…

What do other people think about your style and collecting habits? Has anyone said anything funny? My weirdest pieces often get the most praise, which surprises me. I have this khaki Bernhard Willhelm coat from spring 2016’s Magic Potato…

The team over at Boy Smells drew from varied references and scent inspirations while working with Jones, like her ‘90s leather Azzedine Alaïa looks and an out-of-production Norman Norell fragrance the star used to wear a lot. “Musk was…

What is your save-it-from-a-fire piece and why?From Undercover, I have both dresses from look 10 of spring 2004. It was one of the earliest pieces I bought from Undercover, and for a steal—$50 on eBay. From Comme des Garçons, I would choose…

Among the many things the king of pleats Issey Miyake will be remembered for will be the iconic turtleneck black T-shirt worn by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. The legendary designer provided Steve Jobs his signature look that has already…

Issey Miyake, who achieved international fame through his pleated designs and revolutionized the fragrance industry, has died at the age of 84. Throughout his history-making career, the Japanese designer found fans in seminal figures across…

“Clothing is the closest thing to all humans,” Miyake told the New York Times in an email in 2016, long after he had ceded day-to-day management of the design studio in 1999 while still having final oversight over all of its products. He…

Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake has passed away, his office announced on Tuesday. He was 84. Miyake, an icon of the Japanese fashion industry, passed away on Saturday after battling liver cancer, according to the Kyodo news agency. A…

Issey Miyake, who built one of Japan's biggest fashion brands and was known for his boldly sculpted, signature pleated pieces, has died. He was 84.Miyake died Aug. 5 of liver cancer, Miyake Design Office said Tuesday.Miyake defined an era…

He died in a Tokyo hospital on 5 August at age 84 after battling liver cancer. Unorthodox Japanese fashion…