Issey Miyake


Issey Miyake’s Sweet Cocoons
Designer Yoshiyuki Miyamae keeps focusing on fabrics and forgetting that it is shapes that carries a house like this forward.

Issey Miyake’s Sweet Cocoons
Designer Yoshiyuki Miyamae keeps focusing on fabrics and forgetting that it is shapes that carries a house like this forward.

The Geology of Issey Miyake
The geological-looking surfaces and geometric yet easy shapes made for an enjoyable show, but under the layers of Issey Miyake's history, the brand appears to be on autopilot.

The Geology of Issey Miyake
The geological-looking surfaces and geometric yet easy shapes made for an enjoyable show, but under the layers of Issey Miyake's history, the brand appears to be on autopilot.

Issey Miyake: Humanism in the Desert
Yusuke Takahashi’s powerfully calm show reestablished the core codes of the brand: clever and essential design at the crossroad of East and West with human need at its centre.

Issey Miyake: Humanism in the Desert
Yusuke Takahashi’s powerfully calm show reestablished the core codes of the brand: clever and essential design at the crossroad of East and West with human need at its centre.

Smiling Issey Miyake
Over the past few seasons, Miyamae has found his own key to the Issey Miyake ethos: playful and feminine, with a stress on volume.

Smiling Issey Miyake
Over the past few seasons, Miyamae has found his own key to the Issey Miyake ethos: playful and feminine, with a stress on volume.

Poetic Proportions at Issey Miyake
Fluidity was the byword at Issey Miyake, in a collection that functioned as a reset of sorts, a blank slate or better still, a journey from a white page.

Poetic Proportions at Issey Miyake
Fluidity was the byword at Issey Miyake, in a collection that functioned as a reset of sorts, a blank slate or better still, a journey from a white page.

Finding Fashion's Reset Button
Tragedy — both political and personal — hung over a Paris fashion week punctuated by masterful shows by Demna Gvasalia's Balenciaga and Rick Owens.

Finding Fashion's Reset Button
Tragedy — both political and personal — hung over a Paris fashion week punctuated by masterful shows by Demna Gvasalia's Balenciaga and Rick Owens.

Tokyo Museum Exhibits Issey Miyake's Constant Innovations
'The work of Miyake Issey,' at the National Art Center in Tokyo, is a moving journey through his creative mind.

Tokyo Museum Exhibits Issey Miyake's Constant Innovations
'The work of Miyake Issey,' at the National Art Center in Tokyo, is a moving journey through his creative mind.

Paris, A Quiet Hub of Individualists
Despite the overpowering presence of French megabrands, Paris provides a platform for niche designers with progressive inspirations and creative output.

Paris, A Quiet Hub of Individualists
Despite the overpowering presence of French megabrands, Paris provides a platform for niche designers with progressive inspirations and creative output.

Neo-Nomads
Ultimately the collection was fine, but lacked the stronger, punchier statements expected of a visionary label.

Neo-Nomads
Ultimately the collection was fine, but lacked the stronger, punchier statements expected of a visionary label.

Issey Miyake's Botanical Delights
Yoshiyuke Miyamae's springy, undulating pieces were sheer happiness in a dress, taking Issey Miyake’s famous pleating to a new level of sophistication — and charm.

Issey Miyake's Botanical Delights
Yoshiyuke Miyamae's springy, undulating pieces were sheer happiness in a dress, taking Issey Miyake’s famous pleating to a new level of sophistication — and charm.