Issey Miyake (三宅 一生, Miyake Issei?, born 22 April 1938) is a Japanese fashion designer. He is known for his technology-driven clothing designs, exhibitions and fragrances. Read full biography of Issey Miyake →
The purpose - where I start - is the idea of use. It is not recycling, it's reuse.
Design is not for philosophy it's for life.
Of course there are many ways we can reuse something. We can dye it. We can cut it. We can change the buttons. Those are other ways to make it alive.... →
One of my assistants found this old German machine. It was originally used to make underwear. Like Chanel, who started with underwear fabric -... →
From the beginning I thought about working with the body in movement, the space between the body and clothes. I wanted the clothes to move when... →
To be honest, I think we should find first the possibility to make it. Research is first - if you're not interested, you never can find... →
I did not want to be labelled 'the designer who survived the atomic bomb,' and therefore I have always avoided questions about Hiroshima.
I started to work with cotton fabrics. I used cotton because it's easy to work with, to wash, to take care of, to wear if it's warm or cold.... →
Even when I work with computers, with high technology, I always try to put in the touch of the hand.
I was always interested in making clothing that is worn by people in the real world.
A great thing happening now in art is that artists are using the figure, the body, clothing, life.
Most of us feel some kind of uncertainty, with the population increasing and resources decreasing. We have to face these issues.
You see it in the many bouncing clothes that are not just pleats. To make them, two or three people twist them - twist, twist, twist the pleats... →
Issey Miyake (三宅 一生, Miyake Issei?, born 22 April 1938) is a Japanese fashion designer. He is known for his technology-driven clothing designs, exhibitions and fragrances.