If you look back throughout history from the ancient Egyptians onwards, most cultures started making clothing from a very basic premise: a single piece of cloth. Issey Miyake Read Quote
Designers must be increasingly sensitive to our Earth’s dwindling resources. It is our responsibility. Issey Miyake Read Quote
A great thing happening now in art is that artists are using the figure, the body, clothing, life. Issey Miyake Read Quote
Most of us feel some kind of uncertainty, with the population increasing and resources decreasing. We have to face these issues. Issey Miyake Read Quote
I feel it is urgently necessary to train people who are capable of tackling the various problems we face today in regards to environmental turmoil and the relevancy of clothing. Issey Miyake Read Quote
Of course there are many ways we can reuse something. We can dye it. We can cut it. We can change the buttons. Those are other ways to make it alive. But this is a new step to use anything – hats, socks, shirts. It’s the first step in the process. Issey Miyake Read Quote
My touchstone started out being – and is still – exploring the ways by which to make clothing from a single piece of cloth. Issey Miyake Read Quote
