TOKYO (AP) — Issey Miyake, who constructed one in every of Japan’s greatest trend manufacturers and was identified for his one-of-a-kind, boldly sculpted pleated items, has died. He was 84 years outdated.
Miyake died on August 5 of most cancers, Japanese media reported on Tuesday.
Miyake outlined an period in trendy Japanese historical past, rising to stardom within the 1970s amongst a era of designers and artists who rose to worldwide fame by defining a uniquely Japanese imaginative and prescient of the West.
Miyake’s origami-like folds remodeled the normally crude polyester into stylish. He additionally used pc expertise in weaving to create clothes. His easy clothes was meant to have fun the human physique no matter race, construct, measurement, or age.
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