Issey Miyake
Issey Miyake
Issey Miyakeis a Japanese fashion designer and fragrance connoisseur. He is known for his technology-driven clothing designs, exhibitions and fragrances, most notably the "L'eau d Issey" brand scent which became his most iconic product worldwide...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth22 April 1938
CountryJapan
technology hands brain
I have always been interested in conducting research that yielded new methods by which to make cloth, and in developing new materials that combine craftsmanship and new technology. But the most important thing for me is to show that, ultimately, technology is not the most important tool; it is our brains, our thoughts, our hands, our bodies, which express the most essential things.
art body figures
A great thing happening now in art is that artists are using the figure, the body, clothing, life.
ideas use purpose
The purpose - where I start - is the idea of use. It is not recycling, it's reuse.
moving clothes space
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 people moved. The clothes are also for people to dance or laugh
sunset trying capture
Beauty is like a sunset: it goes as soon as you try to capture it. The beauty you like is precisely that which escapes you.
fashion size way
By the way, Marilyn Monroe was a size 14.
fine knew plan
I knew the Fondation Cartier. It's a very free, very fine place to have exhibitions. The plan was to show working as an exhibition.