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 micro pleats 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.” 

Off-white wool cape with one armhole on the left side. The fabric is tucked into a triangle-shaped yoke on the left shoulder and the hem curves to a point on the right side. There is a large patch pocket on the left front. 
Label: Issey Miyake Paris 
Size Label: Not sized 
Style/Serial No.: N/a 

Approximate Measurements:
Width: 63" 
Length (high shoulder point to hem): 51"