{"product_id":"issey-miyake-45th-edition","title":"Issey Miyake: 45th Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eA tribute to the designer Issey Miyake\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1983, Japanese designer Issey Miyake told The New Yorker that he aspired “to forge ahead, to break the mould.” With the boundary-defying fashion lines that followed, he not only broke moulds, but recast clothing altogether. With a unique fusion of poetry and practicality, his creations blur the boundaries between tradition, modern technology, and everyday function.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis definitive history of Miyake’s clothes from 1960 to 2022 offers expert insight into the designer’s vision and daring. Initiated and conceived by Midori Kitamura, the book looks at the texture-driven originality of Miyake’s materials and techniques from the very earliest days of his career, before he had even established the Miyake Design Studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on nearly 50 years of collaborative work with Miyake, Kitamura creates an encyclopaedic reference of his material and technical innovations through the clothes based on A Piece of Cloth concept, Body Series of the 1980s, Miyake Pleats series, and such practical, everyday designs as Pleats Please pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStunning photographs capture his clothes in their particular quotidian originality. In her far-reaching essay, meanwhile, leading cultural figure Kazuko Koike offers both a complete chronology of Miyake’s work and an unprecedented personal profile, looking at the ambition and inspirations that drove his repertoire from tender teenage years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA must-have for designers, students, and fashion devotees, this is a timeless tribute to one of the most innovative makers of our age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e156 x 217 x 31 mm\u003cbr\u003e460 Pages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TASCHEN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57306010124661,"sku":"BK-2863","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/8509\/6991\/files\/IsseyMiyake45thEdition1.jpg?v=1781879849","url":"https:\/\/www.mij.co.uk\/products\/issey-miyake-45th-edition","provider":"Made In Japan UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}