{"product_id":"issey-miyake-book-irving-penn-9780821217207","title":"Issey Miyake","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eLyrical life-wear: The ultimate Issey Miyake monograph\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1983, Japanese designer Issey Miyake told \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e that he aspired to forge ahead, to break the mold. With the boundary-defying fashion lines that followed, he not only broke molds, but recast clothing altogether. With a \u003cstrong\u003eunique fusion of poetry and practicality\u003c\/strong\u003e, his creations blur the boundaries between tradition, modern technology, and everyday function.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis definitive history of Miyake's clothes coincides with a major exhibit at \u003cstrong\u003eThe National Art Center, Tokyo\u003c\/strong\u003e, and offers expert insight into the designer's vision and daring. \u003cstrong\u003eInitiated and conceived by Midori Kitamura\u003c\/strong\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. \u003cstrong\u003eDrawing on more than 40 years of collaborative work with Miyake, Kitamura creates an encyclopedic reference of his material and technical innovations\u003c\/strong\u003e through the clothes based on \u003cem\u003eA Piece of Cloth\u003c\/em\u003e concept, \u003cem\u003eBody Series\u003c\/em\u003e of the 1980s, \u003cem\u003eMiyake Pleats\u003c\/em\u003e series, and such practical, everyday designs as \u003cem\u003ePleats Please\u003c\/em\u003e pieces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStunning \u003cstrong\u003ephotographs from Miyake's contemporary Yuriko Takagi\u003c\/strong\u003e capture the clothes in their particular quotidien originality, including a breathtaking shoot in Iceland. In her far-reaching essay, meanwhile, leading cultural figure \u003cstrong\u003eKazuko Koike\u003c\/strong\u003e offers both a \u003cstrong\u003ecomplete chronology\u003c\/strong\u003e of Miyake's work, and an \u003cstrong\u003eunprecedented personal profile, looking at the ambition and inspirations that have driven his repertoire\u003c\/strong\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eText in English and Japanese","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50987000267025,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50987000496401,"sku":"GOR005170415","price":64.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52094778704145,"sku":"CIN0821217208G","price":79.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53474376909073,"sku":"GOR003788519","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0821217208.jpg?v=1751233601","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/issey-miyake-book-irving-penn-9780821217207","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}