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Issey Miyake (1938-2022) was born in Hiroshima in 1938. He graduated in graphic design from Tama University in Tokyo in 1963. Read the full biography

Issey Miyake (1938-2022) was born in Hiroshima in 1938. He graduated in graphic design from Tama University in Tokyo in 1963. In 1965 he left for Paris to study at the Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. From 1966 to 1969 he worked for several fashion houses in Paris and New York. The most significant effect of this period on Miyake's work was a schism with traditional couture. Miyake's vision to create clothing for all and his subsequent exploration of the relationship between clothing and the body set him apart. His touchstone eventually became the creation of clothing from a single piece of cloth. Miyake founded the Miyake Design Studio in Tokyo in 1970 and in 1973, he presented his first fashion show in Paris, challenging tradition and trend, surprising those present with his avant-garde and architectural vision. In 1986 he then began a 10-year collaboration with photographer Irving Penn, culminating in 1999 Irving Penn Regards the Work of Issey Miyake, drawn by the late Tanaka Ikko. In 1999, Miyake turned over the Issey Miyake line to an associate so he could return to his first love, research. Developed with Fujiwara Dai, A-POC idea, a technological process by which the fabric, weave and components for a fully finished garment are made in a single process and which has unlimited possibilities and applications in other areas of design. A-POC was then featured in Issey Miyake Making Things, an exhibition that traveled to Paris, New York and Tokyo in 1998, to the Vitra Museum in 2001; and at the Axis Gallery in Tokyo in 2003.