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.” 

Black and brown cotton top with abstract printed pattern and red accents, notched lapel, black cotton trim, and center front button closure; paired with navy blue cotton crinkle pants with two front hip slit pockets and elastic waistband.
Label: Issey Miyake
Size Label: 2
Style/Serial No.: Unlabeled

Approximate Measurements:
TOP
Shoulders: 17.5"
Chest: 37.25"
Waist: 35.75"
Hips: 37.5"
Length (high shoulder point to hem): 24.5"
Sleeve (center back neck to hem): 31.25"

PANTS
Waist: 28.5"
Hips: 37.75"
Length (side wait band to hem): 40"
Inseam: 28.25"