'For contemporary minded designers it’s very interesting and stimulating to send the biggest number of clothes around the world, and this is possible only with pret-a-porter.” - IsseyMiyake
. This week, we are mourning the loss of Japanese designer Issey Miyake, who’s infamous washable wears and impenetrable pleats helped reign in a new era of fashion technology in the late 1980s.timeless, boundary-breaking designs brought architecture to the runways and minimalism to the streets—mirroring
new desires to dress with ease, while creating a de-facto uniform for entrepreneurs and gallerists worldwide. Here, in this 1975 interview with the actor and Factory girl Daniela Morera—pictured above modeling a parachute suit—the late designer shares his thoughts on sado-masochism, pret-a-porter, and the collapse of high fashion.Once fashion was only for the high society, was only haute couture. Now it is for everybody.
“We can not have many friends coming for visit or entertain, because, we really, have to work very hard! We make everything by ourselves, from fabrics to accessories.”“The sado-maso in Japan it’s a beauty, I have a special book that is so beautiful, it is very philosophical, very spiritual, very different kind of sado-maso. It’s something like the tattoo. In our country tattoo is very spiritual is not for fun like the kids make it in Western countries.