Dress

Designer Issey Miyake Japanese
 Design House Miyake Design Studio Japanese

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This knit dress, the creation of which coincided with Miyake's 1989 "Cicada Pleats" pieces, features triangular structures divergent from an otherwise natural torso line. These structures provided permanence in form within a fluid and otherwise organic entity. Often compared to the padded dresses or projectile shapes of Rei Kawakubo's collections, Miyake's triangular protrusions were interpreted by many fashion critics as the designer's confrontation of traditional Western body ideals

Dress, Issey Miyake (Japanese, 1938–2022), wool, Japanese

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Dress, Issey Miyake (Japanese, 1938–2022), wool, Japanese
Dress, Issey Miyake (Japanese, 1938–2022), wool, Japanese
Dress, Issey Miyake (Japanese, 1938–2022), wool, Japanese
Dress, Issey Miyake (Japanese, 1938–2022), wool, Japanese
Dress, Issey Miyake (Japanese, 1938–2022), wool, Japanese

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