I do not create a fashionable aesthetic... I create a style based on life. — Issey Miyake Copy Share Image
If you look back throughout history from the ancient Egyptians onwards, most cultures started making clothing from a very basic premise: a… — Issey Miyake Copy Share Image
I never thought fashion was the job for me, because I'm Japanese. Clothes! That was a European, society thing. — Issey Miyake Copy Share Image
I was always interested in making clothing that is worn by people in the real world. — Issey Miyake Copy Share Image
A great thing happening now in art is that artists are using the figure, the body, clothing, life. — Issey Miyake Copy Share Image
The core spirit of Pleats Please is joy, and what better emotion to wear on your skin every day? — Issey Miyake Copy Share Image
I became a fashion designer to make clothes for the people, not to be a top couturier in the French tradition. — Issey Miyake Copy Share Image
I sent 200, 300 of the clothes that I had made, and the dancers chose what they liked. — Issey Miyake Copy Share Image
In Paris, we call the people who make clothing 'couturiers' - they develop new clothing items - but actually, the work of… — Issey Miyake Copy Share Image
I feel it is urgently necessary to train people who are capable of tackling the various problems we face today in regards… — Issey Miyake Copy Share Image
From the beginning I thought about working with the body in movement, the space between the body and clothes. I wanted the… — Issey Miyake Copy Share Image
Many people will say, well, clothes should be worn; but I think people can look at them in public, like seeing a… — Issey Miyake Copy Share Image
In the Eighties, Japanese fashion designers brought a new type of creativity; they brought something Europe didn't have. There was a bit… — Issey Miyake Copy Share Image
You see it in the many bouncing clothes that are not just pleats. To make them, two or three people twist them… — Issey Miyake Copy Share Image
The purpose - where I start - is the idea of use. It is not recycling, it's reuse. — Issey Miyake Copy Share
A great thing happening now in art is that artists are using the figure, the body, clothing, life. — Issey Miyake Copy Share
Clothes should fit comfortably - not too tightly - so that you have space to move in and think freely. — Issey Miyake Copy Share
From the beginning I thought about working with the body in movement, the space between the body and clothes. I wanted the clothes to… — Issey Miyake Copy Share
One of my assistants found this old German machine. It was originally used to make underwear. Like Chanel, who started with underwear fabric -… — Issey Miyake Copy Share
I have always been interested in conducting research that yielded new methods by which to make cloth, and in developing new materials that combine… — Issey Miyake Copy Share
If you look back throughout history from the ancient Egyptians onwards, most cultures started making clothing from a very basic premise: a single piece… — Issey Miyake Copy Share
I was always interested in making clothing that is worn by people in the real world. — Issey Miyake Copy Share
Most of us feel some kind of uncertainty, with the population increasing and resources decreasing. We have to face these issues. — Issey Miyake Copy Share
The core spirit of Pleats Please is joy, and what better emotion to wear on your skin every day? — Issey Miyake Copy Share
Indian paper is famous, Egyptian papyrus, Chinese paper... every country has used this natural material. But the problem is it's going to run out… — Issey Miyake Copy Share
