ISSEY MIYAKE - Fusing Fashion & Technology to Create Harmonic Garments

Issey Miyake studied at the Tama Art University in Tokyo, where he majored in Graphic Design. This is where his fusion of science and fashion was born from, incorporating the mathematics and technical skills of a graphic designer into his clothing...

- Jiten Taneja

Born on 22nd April 1938 in Hiroshima, Issey Miyake had the horror of living through the Hiroshima-Nagasaki bombings. As a Japanese designer, Miyake was revolutionary in his fusion of technology and fashion. He was recognised worldwide for making contemporary, industrial and innovative apparel designs, fragrances and exhibitions. Miyake opened the eyes of the fashion world as his designs were a fusion of science and fashion resulting in harmonic garments, while using unconventional garments.

Issey Miyake moved to Tokyo to study where he was a student of the Tama Art University majoring in Graphic Design. This is where his fusion of science and fashion was born from, incorporating the mathematics and technical skills of a graphic designer into his clothing. After graduating in 1964, Miyake moved to New York and then Paris in order to polish his skills and gain experience in the best cities for fashion. In Paris, he worked for designers like Guy Laroche and Hubert de Givenchy. Around 5 years later, Miyake returned to Tokyo where his studio was born, Miyake Design Studios.

His studio excelled in producing high-end and extraordinary fashion for women. He quickly garnered attention throughout Japan due the use of unconventional materials, such as pleats and developed innovative techniques to produce the garments.

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