{"product_id":"issey-miyake-9783836596053","title":"Issey Miyake","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1983, Japanese designer \u003cem\u003eIssey Miyake\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eunique fusion of poetry and practicality\u003c\/em\u003e, his creations blur the boundaries between tradition, modern technology, and everyday function.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis definitive history of Miyake's clothes from 1960 to 2022 offers expert insight into the designer's vision and daring. \u003cem\u003eInitiated and conceived by Midori Kitamura\u003c\/em\u003e, 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. \u003cem\u003eDrawing on nearly 50 years of collaborative work with Miyake, Kitamura creates an encyclopaedic reference of his material and technical innovations\u003c\/em\u003e through the clothes based on the A Piece of Cloth concept, Body Series of the 1980s, Miyake Pleats series, and practical, everyday designs like the Pleats Please pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStunning \u003cem\u003ephotographs\u003c\/em\u003e capture his clothes in their particular quotidian originality. In her far-reaching essay, leading cultural figure \u003cem\u003eKazuko Koike\u003c\/em\u003e offers both a \u003cem\u003ecomplete chronology\u003c\/em\u003e of Miyake's work, and an \u003cem\u003eunprecedented personal profile, looking at the ambition and inspirations that have driven his repertoire\u003c\/em\u003e from tender teenage years. A 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\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455603032300,"sku":"9783836596053","price":235.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/71VK0o6yRrL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774786656","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/issey-miyake-9783836596053","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}