Item 2019.72 - Issey Miyake Jumpsuit

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2019.72

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Issey Miyake Jumpsuit

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  • nd [1980-1989] (Creation)

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Issey Miyake
(1970-present)

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Issey Miyake (1938-2022) established his design studio in Tokyo in 1970. The men's collection was launched in 1976 and was given its own identity in 1978. Miyake menswear was designed by Naoki Takizawa from 1983 until 2007 when Dai Fujiwara became head designer for the company. For the Spring Summer 2012 collection the menswear label was rebranded as Issey Miyake Men, it was designed by Yusuke Takahasi from 2014 until January 2020. In July 2020 it was announced that the collection would be discontinued, though their HOMME PLISSÉ Issey Miyake line would still be produced.

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Westminster Menswear Archive

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Dark blue cotton jumpsuit or overalls. The cotton has a puckered texture and may have been indigo dyed. The jumpsuit has a high round neck with a stand collar and fastens down the centre front to just below the waist with six white buttons. The cuffs fasten with one white button each. The button stand has two rows of top stitching down the centre. There is a large patch pocket on the left chest and two hip level vertical inset pockets in each side seam.

It has drop shoulders and the arm syce is very deep - the sleeves narrow to the cuff. There is a sewn down inverted triangle shape from the centre back shoulder yoke with an inverted pleat below in the centre back seam. Label in the back of the neck with red embroidered lettering 'issey miyake' on a yellow ground.

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      Invisible Men exhibition label:

      COTTON OVERALLS
      Issey Miyake
      1980-1989

      Issey Miyake launched his first menswear collection in 1976. Miyake has always been concerned with exploring cloth, both new technologies and traditional techniques. These overalls have been made of a puckered double weave cotton which has probably been dyed with indigo.

      Cotton
      Archive no. 2019.72

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