APPLIED ART : COSTUME

'Tuck Pleat' dress

Miyake, Issey (Primary maker)
Miyake, Issey (artist)

1995-1996
1995-1996

Japan
Japan

colour : off white. Slightly off white pleated dress, pleats are thin and run vertically to make up the whole dress. 'V' neck at front and back, long sleeves. The dress is contructed in panels, which creates pockets of fabric which stick out when garment is worn, which creates sharp edges all over the dress. Size 'S'. Dry clean only. From exhibition label, early 2000s 'Tuckpleat' dress of pleated polyester, 1994/5 Issey Miyake (1935-) Miyake is one of the most influential and original Japanese designers and has been showing in Paris since 1973. The cross-fertilisation of design ideas between the new wave of Japanese designers who set up businesses in Paris in the 1970s and 1980s, and the traditional Parisian couturiers has been one of the most creative developments in fashion in the late twentieth century. Miyake claims that 'the spirit of the kimono' is behind all his designs. His treatment of fabric, often unsing very new technology and production ideas, makes his garments closer to textile art than fashion. The woman who wears his garments makes a very strong design statement.

100% polyester

BELUM.T4016

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