FALL WINTER 2021 –READY TO WEAR

• ISSEY MIYAKE premiered its SPRING SUMMER 2021 collection online UNPACK THE COMPACT on Friday, October 2nd.
• This collection was inspired by the idea of delivering garments in compact forms to people all around the world and
by doing so sharing the wonder and joy of unpacking them.
• The idea of looking several seasons forward, instead of just a few months, seems especially smart right now. this
collection gave a timely reminder that when it comes to floating beyond the realms of the contemporary, Issey
Miyake is eternal. We can see a couple of interestingly progressive sci-fi flavored propositions.
• The designer wanted to integrate elements from nature as they are, and as we find them, then he wanted to
amplify these elements through the technology and the ingenuity.
• fantastic circular cut-out pleated pieces being entitled Monochrome Planet—it was simultaneously otherworldly and
timeless.
• To fanboy for a second, a parallel lurks in the Star Wars saga’s chronological setting being hundreds of years in the
past, while its aesthetic and technological expression seems futuristic.
• Key pieces included dresses in squares of fabric whose monolith simplicity bent to the body via panels of elastic
threading on the torso.
• Beautiful prints reminiscent of river-eroded stones were created through a 1,500-year-old dye-dropping technique
called suminagashi .
• These were then used in a tight collection of smoothly silhouetted garments. Shirtdresses and trench-jumpsuits in
raw wool and bulbously puckered looks in black—especially with that bathing cap—resembled the uniform issued to
the crew of some chic vegan space mission: Goop x SpaceX. There were more earthbound pieces here too; this was a
collection rooted in its earthiness, but as so often Miyake’s orbit was unique unto itself and unlike all else.
• Issey Miyake Brings Geometry to Nature for Fall/Winter 2021 Collection
• The new collection brings structure to the untamed earth through signature techniques
and patterns.
• Developed with traditional Japanese parsimony, Issey Miyake customarily presents
collections that dictate their own rhythm. With its most recent collection, while the
world—including the fashion industry—reckons with the changes caused by the
pandemic, the brand, led by designer Satoshi Kondo, functions as a visual oasis.
• This Fall/Winter 2021 collection offers a discourse on the shapes and colors of nature, its
stones and landscapes, which translates into a series of clothes in neutral tones, reflecting
the earthy terrain, as well as the desert at sunrise.
• Issey Miyake excels at making collections where nothing is free from the brand's signature
codes—from prints made by distorting water surfaces using droplets of paint to the use
of raw wool in tailoring jackets and jumpsuits.
• The pleated work, a classic Issey Miyake technique, appears both in the microtextures of
the collection's dresses, modeled with square cuts of fabric, and in the beautiful folding
work that creates build circular movements within the well-constructed silhouettes.
 SPRING 2021 –READY TO WEAR
“It was during the development of the collection when Kondo-san and the team were all
working remotely, and as part of that were all sending packages to each other, that the idea
developed,” said Issey Miyake designer Satoshi Kondo’s translator, Hugh, down the Zoom.
“When we cannot meet each other physically, how do we connect, how do we express our
thoughts in a small and compact package?”
That idea developed into an excellent Miyake collection that was overflowing with ideas yet that
could—at least as implied by the fun film that accompanied it—be folded to fit into a single
drawer. Combining spatial economy with conceptual abundance, Kondo and company fashioned
semi-rigid gilets and flowing, long-skirted biker jackets and matching pants that could be
deconstructed by zipper. House-trademark pleated dresses and smocks and wide-gauge knits
were expressed in the proprietary materials for which Miyake is rightly famed and shown not
only in their colorfully expansive worn manifestations, but also unworn: Stop-motion footage
showed them moving around in the manner of primeval microscopic organisms.
Especially meta were the near-the-close clothes in attractive prints depicting scenes of interior
decor. Models wore these interiors attractively on their exteriors before we again received
demonstration of how they could be rolled and folded away to barely anything at all. Garments
act as the membrane between the body and the outside world, transmitting much. In this
collection Kondo and the house of Miyake demonstrated that they can deliver a powerful
message even when reduced to an apparently impossibly reduced volume.
FORM BODY
This vest is a new take on the relationship
between body and clothing, and was made by
molding fabrics into a soft shell that envelops
the body. Its seamless construction of two
halves is made possible by the technique of
molding and the design of front and back
zippers.
COMPACT
This series is inspired by the idea of integrating clothing and a
garment bag: the wearer goes through the cycle of wearing, folding,
and carrying away the garment. By folding and fastening the zippers,
the coat and poncho each turn into bags like the ones used to store
and carry suits. The fabric is water-repellent and wrinkle-resistant,
designed for everyday use and for people always on the go.
OUT A PIECE
This series features a unique design where pieces of each garment can
be zipped together into a three-dimensional construction. The
stretchable fabric gave the silhouette a soft, fluffy touch, whereas the
distinct black zipper lines visually hold the form together. For items like
long jacket and biker jacket, one can play around with their zippers to
find different ways to wear them.
SPONGY
An original knit series that is stretchable like a
sponge. The fabric is an elastic blend of cotton
and polyester that gently wraps around the
body, while the zigzag knit pattern allows for a
comfortable fit that does not stick to the skin.
Each garment can be rolled into a compact
size, suitable for travelling.
TEMPORARY ROOM
This series was inspired by the idea of wearing a piece of painting as it integrated
the artwork as a whole into clothing. Each garment is composed of pieces that are
strung together. The painting is a depiction of a living room, available in two color
combinations: morning and evening. It is printed on a fabric made of twilled cotton
and ramie, that further enhanced the qualities of the paint strokes and colors of the
original.
 WORLD FAMOUS COLLECTION
• Western female clothes have historically been fitted to expose the
contours of the body, but Miyake introduced large, loose-fitting
garments, such as jackets with no traditional construction and a
minimum of detail or buttons. is dresses often have a straight,
simple shape, and his large coats with sweepingly oversized
proportions can be worn by both men and women.
• He challenged not only the conventions of garment construction,
but also the normative concept of fashion.
• Miyake is best known for his original fabrics. He collaborates with
his textile director, Makiko Minagawa, who interprets his abstract
ideas. With Minagawa and the Japanese textile mills, he introduced
his most commercially successful collection, Pleats Please, in 1993
•Traditionally, pleats are permanently pressed before a garment is cut, but he did
it the other way round. He cut and assembled a garment two-and-a-half to three
times its proper size
•Then he folded, ironed, and oversewed the material so that the straight lines
remained in place. Finally the garment was placed in a press between two sheets
of paper, from which it emerged with permanent pleats 
•As early as 1976 Miyake began his concept of APiece-of-Cloth (A-POC), or clothes
made out of a single piece of cloth that entirely cover the body. He introduced the
line, which evolved from his earlier concept, in 1999.
•The A-POC clothes consist of a long tube of jersey from which individuals can cut
without wasting any material.
•His objective was to minimize waste by using all leftover material. These
garments allow the buyer to size and cut out a small hat, gloves, socks, a skirt, or
a dress.
•He used new techniques of sewing garments, such as heat taping and cutting by
ultrasound, which featured in his Making Things exhibition at the Fondation
Cartier pour l'art contemporain in Paris in 1999.
 COLLABORATION IN OCTOBER 2020
Issey Miyake and Tadanori Yokoo’s (Japanese graphic Designer) pop-culture inspired
collaboration
Tarzan, Jaws and Marilyn Monroe alongside a scattering of Japanese characters which
translate as ‘panic’. All this feature on a series of men’s shirts which ‘give a sense of hope and
look to the future’
The collection is using a series of original artworks by the legendary 84-year-old artist Yokoo,
some dating back as early as the 1960s.
Yokoo has designed the Issey Miyake Paris Collection show invitations twice a year, since
1977 to present day, in his signature graphic style.
Moat’, a 1966 work depicting a swimmer with yellow and red flowery swimcap and unshaved
armpit against a backdrop of a traditional Japanese castle
Tarzan’ is Coming, created in 1974, with the old school hero’s rugged visage centre stage in
pop art-style layers of sky blue and light pink.
artworks selected give a sense of hope and look to the future.
Yokoo san’s work is so strong that the designer wanted to maximize it , he chose of a
genderless blouson form as the best canvas
Beneath the surface lies a signature Issey Miyake mesh of craftsmanship and high-tech
innovation. The collection was produced at a weaving factory near Mount Fuji, a hub
for Issey Miyake’s A-POC (or A Piece of Cloth) computer system
The soft balloon silhouette of the lightweight blouson is lined at the neckline, base and cuffs
with a stretchy fabric created using Steam Stretch, another Issey Miyake innovation. 
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AWARDS
1977Awarded the 1976 Mainichi Design Award, Japan. (The first time
the prize was awarded for fashion design.)
1985Awarded the Best Collection presented by a Foreign Designer in
Paris, from Les Oscars de la Mode 1985 (the 1st)
1990Awarded the 1st Hiroshima Art Prize by the city of Hiroshima.
1991Decorated as a Commandeur des Arts et Lettres from France.
1992Awarded the 1991 Asahi Prize, Japan.
1993Decorated as a Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Legion
d’Honneur from France.
Presented with an Honorary Doctorate from the Royal College of Art,
London, United Kingdom.
1995Awarded “La Aguja de Oro” (Gold Needle), Madrid.
Named “Superstar” at “The 1995 Night of Stars” by The Fashion Group
International, New York.
1997Awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon, Japan.
1998Selected as a Person of Cultural Merit from Japan.
1999Received the Titre de Docteur “Honoris Causa” from the University
2000A-POC received the “Good Design Award Grand Prize 2000” by Japan Industrial
Promotion Organization.
Awarded the Japan Art Prize by Shincho Bungei Shinkou-kai, Japan.
Awarded the Georg Jensen Award (the 1st) by the Tuborg Foundation, Denmark.
Awarded the “Millenium Award” in the Mainichi Fashion Grand Prix （ Previously awarded
its Grand Prix, in 84, 89, 93 ）
2001Chosen as one of the “World Leaders: A Festival of Creative Genius” at Harbourfront
Centre, Toronto, Canada. Presented by the Governor, Adrienne Clarkson
2004Awarded the 11th Wexner Prize at the Wexner Center for the Arts at the Ohio State
University.
2005Awarded the 17th Praemium Imperiale Sculpture Prize from the Japan Art Association.
2006Into “The Hall of Fame” of Art Directors Club (ADC), New York.
Awarded the 22nd Kyoto Prize, in the Arts and Philosophy category.
2010Received the Order of Culture for the 22nd year of Heisei, bestowed upon him by
the Emperor at the Imperial Palace on November 3rd, 2010.(After The Medal with Purple
Ribbon “Shiju Hosho” in ‘97, A Person of Cultural Merit “Bunka Korosha” in ’98.)
Appointed as an Honorary Citizen of the City of Hiroshima in September, and of the
Prefecture of Hiroshima in December.
not Fine Artists by profession.)
2012“132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE” awarded “Designs of the Year Fashion
Award 2012” by Design Museum, London.
Issey Miyake ＋ Reality Lab. awarded “The 30th anniversary award” in
the Mainichi Fashion Grand Prix.
2013“IN-EI ISSEY MIYAKE” received “iF Product Design Award 2013
Gold Medal” by the International Forum Design Hannover.
2016Decorated as a Commandeur de l’Ordre National de la Legion
d’Honneur from France.
2019Selected as an Honorary Citizen of Tokyo.
Selected as an Honorary Fellow of Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK.
(Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution in London. Honorary
Fellowship is for the persons of distinguished contribution and
reputation connected with the Arts, but
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