Issey Miyake's Pleats Please: garments sewn oversized first, pressed between paper and heat-pleated to size; pleats that survive the wash; first used in 1991 for William Forsythe's The Loss of Small Detail at the Frankfurt Ballet
Issey Miyake's spring 2027 collection, by Satoshi Kondo, walked in Paris on 2 October, and the house's pleats were in it again, moving with the body.
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01ISSEY MIYAKE'S PLEATS PLEASE CLOTHES ARE SEWN FIRST AND PLEATED AFTERWARDS.
02EACH GARMENT IS CUT AND SEWN OVERSIZED, PRESSED BETWEEN SHEETS OF PAPER, AND HEATED UNTIL IT SHRINKS TO SIZE.
03THE PLEATS SURVIVE THE WASHING MACHINE.
04IN 1991 MIYAKE USED THE METHOD FOR DANCERS: WILLIAM FORSYTHE'S THE LOSS OF SMALL DETAIL, AT THE FRANKFURT BALLET.