Issey Miyake is a fashion designer, from Tokyo, Japan;one of the first from Japan to become known in America. He makes clothes, with an edge from technology that really makes him unique. He also has a line of perfumes. You can purchase any of these items at IsseyMiyake.com, his online store.
Life and Career
When Issey Miyake was 7, he witnessed and survived the nuclear bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. He went to the Tama Art University in Tokyo, where he studied design. He finished in 1964. After graduating, he worked in Paris and New York City, going back to Tokyo in 1970 where he made the Miyake Design Studio. He is now one of the top fashion designers of all time.
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In 2005, Issey Miyake was awarded the Praemium Imperiale for Sculpture.
