Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake dies of cancer aged 84

Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake dies at 84

TOKYO — Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake, whose global career spanned more than half a century, has died aged 84, an employee at his office in Tokyo told AFP on Tuesday (Aug 9).

Issey Miyake, Influential Japanese Fashion Designer, Dies at 84

The Japanese founder of a global fashion brand was known for his pleated designs.

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Famed Japanese Fashion Designer Issey Miyake Dies at 84

Issey Miyake, who built one of Japan's biggest fashion brands and was known for his boldly sculpted pleated pieces as well as former Apple CEO Steve Jobs' black turtlenecks, has died. He was 84. Miyake died August 5 of liver cancer, Miyake Design Office said Tuesday. Miyake defined an era in Japan's modern history, reaching stardom in the 1970s among a generation of designers and artists who reached global fame by defining a Japanese vision that…

Issey Miyake, Japanese fashion designer known as the prince of pleats, dies at 84

The pioneering designer, who became a star in the 1970s shortly after he formed his studio, was best known for his origami-style pleated clothing that never wrinkles and for making Apple founder Steve Jobs’ signature black turtlenecks.