Irving Penn on Issey Miyake

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For more than ten years there was an extraordinary collaboration between Irving Penn and the designer Issey Miyake, one of the few figures to have taken clothes design into the realm of art. american photographer irving penn and japanese fashion designer issey miyake had a deep creative understanding of each other’s work.

through the photographer’s lens, the texture, shapes and forms went beyond clothing and instead transformed into art. Following a session, Penn would then send the complete run of transparencies generated to Miyake in Tokyo, who would use them to review his design work and as the springboard for new design directions. Photographs by Irving Penn; afterword by Tadao Ando (in English and Japanese, all other text in English. These photographs display the extraordinary collaboration between Irving Penn and the designer Issey Miyake. distributed for the trade and NOT FOR SALE, mostly color photos, not to be confused with either the 1988 or 1989 Edition of this book, (VV1/1)).In the late 1980s, he began to experiment with new methods of pleating that would allow both flexibility of movement for the wearer as well as ease of care and production. regardless of their cultural differences (or maybe because of it), each found a unique perspective in the other’s work. Hardcover without dustjacket as issued, 24 pages; very good condition except moderate rubbing wear to covers; pages slightly yellowed at edges; no internal marks.

Observers saw this as evidence of the relationship between fashion and technology and the idea of a garment as a kind of machine for living. Hardback in publisher's original dust jacket, text in English, unpaginated, copiously illustrated in colour throughout.He was enrolled in English classes at Columbia University and worked on Seventh Avenue for designer Geoffrey Beene. The models all were draped in garments of bright colors and intricate patterns and pose in an almost theatrical manner. The fabric's 'memory' holds the pleats and when the garments are liberated from their paper cocoon, they are ready-to wear. During this time in the 80’s Miyake had been working with several ballets and theatre plays doing costume design.

The visual directness affirms the precise and calibrated way Miyake’s garments are designed and made, which is magnified by how Penn takes photographs. Collecting photographs taken between 1975-1998, this bright and still forward-thinking fashion book shows how Irving Penn captured the work of Issey Miyake, and explores the artistic relationship between Penn, one of the most prominent photographers of the 20th century and Miyake, the iconic fashion designer.He was known for his technology-driven clothing designs, exhibitions and fragrances, such as L'eau d'Issey, which has become his best-known product. The garments are cut and sewn first, then sandwiched between layers of paper and fed into a heat press, where they are pleated. Miyake's astonishing forms and textures offered Penn subjects that echo both a primitive tribal beauty and the most futuristic fashion. Without Penn-san’s guidance, I probably could not have continued to find new themes with which to challenge myself, nor could I have arrived at new solutions.

Penn was able to view the behind the scenes of Miyake’s experimenting with his process of creating the pleats for “Pleats Please! The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Penn and Miyake, a Japanese fashion designer had a deep creative understanding of each other's work, having met in 1983.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Two-volume catalogue for the exhibition of both Penn and Miyake "Issey Miyake: Pleats Please", at the Touko Museum of Contemporary Art, 1 -30 Septembre 1990.