Trailblazing fashion designer Issey Miyake, known for his iconic collection Pleats Please, has died.
The experimental Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake, who is known for his famous pleated clothing and innovative takes on loose-fitting silhouettes in the world of womenswear, has died aged 84 of liver cancer.
Miyake was born in Hiroshima in 1938 and was only seven years old when the city was hit by an atomic bomb. Hein 2009 that he didn’t want to be thought of as “the designer who survived the atomic bomb”. His most commercially successful collection, Pleats Please, was launched in 1993, in which Miyake experimented with the process of pressing pleats onto an item, wrapping fabrics between layers of paper and putting them into a heat press. This meant the garments could be washed and dried without losing their distinctive shape and is a technique used in his designs to this day.
A private funeral for Miyake has already taken place, according to Japanese media. His namesake fashion brand released the following statement:
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