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2010
Issey Miyake, Pleats Please
In the late '80s, Miyake began to experiment with
new methods of pleating that would allow both
flexibility of movement for the wearer as well as
ease of care and production.
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Issey Miyake, Pleats Please
This eventually resulted in a new technique called
garment pleating and in 1993's Pleats Please in
which the garments are cut and sewn first, then
sandwiched between layers of paper and fed into a
heat press, where they are pleated.
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Issey Miyake, Pleats Please
The fabric's 'memory' holds the pleats and when
the garments are liberated from their paper
cocoon, they are ready-to wear.
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Issey Miyake, Pleats Please
The result are polyester jersey garments for
women that are first "cut and sewn and then
pleated [...] (normally, fabric is first pleated and
then cut and sewn [...])" "to permanently retain
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washboard rows of horizontal, vertical or diagonal
knife-edge pleats."
2010
Issey Miyake, Pleats Please
Stefanos facebook album Pleats and Folds 142/211
2010
Issey Miyake, Pleats Please
Stefanos facebook album Pleats and Folds 142/211
2010
Issey Miyake, Pleats Please
since 1989/1993
-advertising campaign-
Issey Miyake, Pleats Please
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since 1989/1993
-advertising campaign-
Issey Miyake, Pleats Please