This lot includes two tops.

Issey Miyake (Japanese, 1938-2022) is memorialized for groundbreaking technological innovations in contemporary fashion, rooted in traditional craft, and creating a wearable avant-garde in pursuit of the modern. Miyake gained experience in the American ready-to-wear industry in the 1960s, but returned to Japan where he embraced and created the rising momentum of Japanese fashion globally. He began showing in Paris in 1973, among the earliest of the Japanese avant-gardists to break into the European fashion establishment. By the 1980s, Miyake’s name became synonymous with innovation and freedom, establishing proprietary fabrications and construction techniques, including heat-set micropleats and garments created from A Piece of Cloth (APOC). The designer created an ethos over six decades, which situated fashion within an integrated schema of design, “a wearable operating system, built to sit between the body and the wider world.” 

This auction includes early pieces that embody Issey Miyake's philosophy: androgyny in the form of wide-fitting jumpsuits, technological innovation in multidirectional micro pleats, and the primordial simplicity of clothing made from a single piece of cloth. Delicate but never fussy, constructed but not constricting, these early garments establish a precedent for an expanded vocabulary of fashion in Miyake’s own visual language.

THE FIRST
Beige woven top with shawl lapel, short sleeve with long sleeve underlayer, white floral embroidered detail, waist and cuff ties, and front button closure.
Label: Issey Miyake
Size Label: 4
Style/Serial No.: Unlabeled

Approximate Measurements:
Shoulders: 16.25"
Chest: 33.5"
Waist: 32.5"
Hips: 33"
Length (high shoulder point to hem): 22"
Sleeve (center back neck to hem): 32.25"

THE SECOND
Tan cotton/rayon blend top with notched lapel, dropped long sleeves, two front welted pockets, and off center single button front closure.
Label: Issey Miyake
Size Label: M
Style/Serial No.: EG32019

Approximate Measurements:
Shoulders: 16"
Chest: 35"
Waist: 34.25"
Hips: 36.25"
Length (high shoulder point to hem): 29"
Sleeve (center back neck to hem): 31.25"