Although the Issey Miyake brand is not the first internationally recognized Japanese fashion brand, it is rooted in Japan's national concepts, customs and values, and is the world's best women's clothing brand with worldwide fame. His products are popular all over the world, but they flaunt a distinct Japanese national style. It not only establishes his own international status, but also establishes Tokyo's status as an international fashion capital.

Designer profile:

·Born on April 22, 1938 in Hiroshima.

·In 1964, he graduated from the Design Department of Tama Art University in Japan and went to Paris for further study.

·In 1965, he entered the Paris High Fashion Training School and ranked among the best for his diligence and humility.

·In 1966, he entered the Paris Haute Couture Federation design school and became an assistant to the famous fashion designer Jean-Paul Laroche.

·In 1968, he became an assistant to the equally famous designer Givenchy.

·In 1970, after finishing his studies in the West, he returned to Japan and opened "Miyake Fashion Design Office" in Tokyo.

·In 1969, he went to New York to become a ready-to-wear designer for the company of fashion designer Geoffrey Binet.

Famous footsteps:

·Large-scale costume performances were held continuously in the 1970s, and the costumes displayed in the performances were all permeated with the Japanese national spirit.

·In 1971, his "Potato Pocket" was moved to New York for performances.

·In 1973, his designs entered Paris again.

·In 1976, a fashion show titled "Issey Miyake and the Twelve Black Girls" was held in Tokyo and Osaka, which was a great success, with an audience of more than 15,000 people in six days. Then, he showed a new clothing series "Flying with Issey Miyake" in Tokyo and Kyoto. The venues were also full, with an audience of 22,000. Japanese compatriots wanted to see the masterpieces of their country's fashion designers.

·In 1983, Miyake's clothing series displayed in Paris shocked the Paris fashion stage because of its use of fabrics woven with chicken feathers.

Design style:

His fashion has always been designed in an unstructured mode, getting rid of the traditional Western modeling mode, and using deep counter-thinking to create. Break it apart, crumble it, and recombine it to form an astonishing and strange structure, and at the same time it has a broad and graceful connotation. This is an innovative model based on Eastern dressmaking techniques, reflecting the Japanese philosophy of nature and the gentle flow of life.

The works of Issey Miyake brand may seem invisible, but they are sparse and undisturbed. It is this expression of mysterious Eastern culture that gives the work its magical power.

His greatest success lies in "innovation". Descendants, director of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, praised him as "the greatest clothing creator of our time." The key to his innovation lies in his impact and breakthrough on the entire Western design thinking. The tradition of European fashion design has always emphasized sensory stimulation, pursuing exaggerated human body lines, enlarging breasts, corseting waists and protruding hips, and not paying attention to the functionality of clothing. However, Issey Miyake took a different approach and re-searched for the source of the vitality of fashion, exploring it from the perspective of Eastern clothing culture and philosophy. Brand new clothing function, decoration and beauty of form. And he designed an unprecedented new concept of clothing, that is, clothing that defies tradition, is comfortable and elegant, respects the personality of the wearer, and allows the body to gain maximum freedom. His originality has gone far beyond the boundaries of the times and fashion, showing his extraordinary understanding of the times.

In terms of styling, he pioneered the deconstructive design style in clothing design. Drawing on oriental clothing-making techniques and the wrapping and wrapping draping technology, the structure can be freely manipulated, releasing unfettered creative passion, which often leaves viewers stunned.

In terms of the use of clothing materials, Issey Miyake has also changed the traditional smooth and smooth style of high fashion and ready-to-wear, using a variety of materials, such as Japanese rice paper, white cotton, knitted cotton, linen, etc., to create Produce various texture effects. For him, there are no sartorial taboos.

He uses any possible or impossible material to weave fabrics. He is a clothing adventurer who constantly improves his avant-garde and bold design image.

Issey Miyake’s design directly extends to the field of fabric design. He applies modern technology to traditional fabrics that have been passed down since ancient times, and combines them with his personal philosophy to create unique and incredible fabrics and clothing. Known as the "Hundred Materials Magician", he has almost strict requirements for fabrics. It is common for fabric dealers or even himself to process and improve hundreds of times. Therefore, the fabrics he designs are always unexpected and have magical effects. Love black, grey, dark tones and Indian pore dyeing. The obscure tones he uses are full of oriental sentiment. He likes to use large color blocks of spliced ??fabrics to change the styling effect. Geshebu strengthens the wearer's personal integrity, making his designs eye-catching and distinctive.

Awards:

Won the Japan Fashion Editors Club Award in 1974.

In 1977, he won the 1976 MAINICHI Design Award, which was the first time this award was awarded to a fashion designer. "A Piece of Cloth" was released in Tokyo, and "Flying with Issey Miyake" was released in Tokyo.

In 1980, he participated in the Japanese-style fashion exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum; he won the Black Academy Award in New York.

In 1984, he won the Council of Fashion Designers of America Award and the MAINICHI Design Award. In 1985, he won the Fashion Oscar in Paris and was once again exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

In 1990, the exhibition was held in Amsterdam and the "I Want Pleats" exhibition was held in Tokyo and won awards.

In 1992, he won the Asahi Prize. Named one of the 1,000 people who created the 20th century by the Sunday Times.

In 1994, "Issey Miyake I Want Pleats" won the Japan Creation Award. In 1996, "Issey Miyake I Want Pleats" guest artist series 1 was released and won the MAINICHI Design Award.

In 1997, Series 2 was released; received the Purple Ribbon Medal issued by the Japanese government.