He has a great appreciation for how malleable the fabric is. This unique material, which has been continuously researched since , is pleated after sewing to create a lighter fabric that is easy to move in. I froze. Before that, it was a terracotta situation. Jonathan Moutrie, a garden designer, discovered Miyake in the late s through the magazines he bought as a student, such as Vogue Nippon. Uniformity is also a draw for Stuart Williamson, fashion editor of the biannual magazine Fantastic Man.
Roger Cook, an year-old art historian and writer, experiments with almost anything from the label. He wears them at home, cycling, at the Frieze Art Fair and at all manner of engagements. The minimalist space design with a neutral white base color was created by Taku Satoh. In the B1 floor, a creation space is established where we attempt various experimental exhibits and events.
Pleats is a theme that crosses a large dent of the Miyake production. Working first with blends of polyester and natural fibers, then with a specially developed weave of polyester that can be heat processed, Issey Miyake turned pleats, one of the most ancient ways to wrap a three dimensional object with a two-dimensional material, into an expression of aesthetic pureness with a pragmatic aim. The exhibition actively shows the pleating process as well, revealing the keen engineering that is required in order to pleat a piece that is already sewn.
Making things: this is how Issey Miyake defines his activity. Wearable things, in his views, have to be made in respect of the individual as well as in respect of the environment. A-POC and 5. A-POC is a revolutionary process that Miyake developed with Dai Fujiwara in , that allows to shape clothes integrally through the production of a tubular piece of knit fabric, virtually erasing all waste while doing away with cutting and sewing.
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