{"id":484595,"date":"2022-08-09T15:36:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T12:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/steve-jobs-turtleneck-designer-issey-miyake-dead-at-84\/"},"modified":"2022-08-09T15:36:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T12:36:01","slug":"steve-jobs-turtleneck-designer-issey-miyake-dead-at-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/steve-jobs-turtleneck-designer-issey-miyake-dead-at-84\/","title":{"rendered":"#Steve Jobs&#8217; turtleneck designer Issey Miyake dead at 84"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a409af2e20f3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a409af2e20f3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/steve-jobs-turtleneck-designer-issey-miyake-dead-at-84\/#%E2%80%9CSteve_Jobs_turtleneck_designer_Issey_Miyake_dead_at_84%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Steve Jobs&#8217; turtleneck designer Issey Miyake dead at 84&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSteve_Jobs_turtleneck_designer_Issey_Miyake_dead_at_84%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Steve Jobs&#8217; turtleneck designer Issey Miyake dead at 84&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Issey Miyake, who built one of Japan\u2019s biggest fashion brands and was known for his boldly sculpted pleated pieces as well as former <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le CEO Steve Jobs\u2019 black turtlenecks, has died. He was 84.<\/p>\n<p>Miyake died Aug. 5 of liver cancer, Miyake Design Office said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Miyake defined an era in Japan\u2019s modern history, reaching stardom in the 1970s among a generation of designers and artists who reached global fame by defining a Japanese vision that was unique from the West.<\/p>\n<p>Miyake\u2019s origami-like pleats transformed usually crass polyester into chic. He also used computer <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> in weaving to create apparel. His down-to-earth clothing was meant to celebrate the human body regardless of race, build, size or age.<\/p>\n<p>Miyake even detested being called a fashion designer, choosing not to identify with what he saw as a frivolous, trend-watching, conspicuous consumption.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Issey-Miyake-58.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Issey Miyake during Paris Fashion Week Fall 1985.\" class=\"wp-image-23383511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Issey-Miyake-58.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Issey-Miyake-58.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Issey-Miyake-58.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Issey Miyake during Paris Fashion Week Fall 1985.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/steve-jobs-60.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The late Apple CEO had Miyake make him hundreds of the black turtlenecks, which he always paired with 501 jeans.\" class=\"wp-image-23383516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/steve-jobs-60.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/steve-jobs-60.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/steve-jobs-60.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The late Apple CEO had Miyake make him hundreds of the black turtlenecks, which he always paired with 501 jeans.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"675\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Issey-Miyake-55.jpg?w=675\" alt=\"Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake smiles after receiving the gold medal of the Praemium Imperiale at the awarding ceremony in Tokyo, October 18, 2005. \" class=\"wp-image-23383530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Issey-Miyake-55.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Issey-Miyake-55.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1013 1012w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Issey-Miyake-55.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=675 675w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Issey-Miyake-55.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=338 337w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Issey-Miyake-55.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"\/><figcaption>Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake smiles after receiving the gold medal of the Praemium Imperiale at the awarding ceremony in Tokyo, October 18, 2005. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Again and again, Miyake returned to his basic concept of starting with a single piece of cloth \u2014 be it draped, folded, cut or wrapped.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, he took inspiration from a variety of cultures and societal motifs, as well as everyday items \u2014 plastic, rattan, \u201cwashi\u201d paper, jute, horsehair, foil, yarn, batik, indigo dyes and wiring.<\/p>\n<p>He sometimes evoked images of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, or collaborated with Japanese painter Tadanori Yokoo in images of monkeys and foliage in vibrant, psychedelic hues.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/issey-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Issey Miyake was known for his pleats, seen here on the runway during Paris Fashion Week for the Fall 2017 season.\" class=\"wp-image-23383532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/issey-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/issey-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/issey-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Issey Miyake was known for his origami-like sculpted pleats, seen here on the runway during Paris Fashion Week for the Fall 2017 season.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/issey-03.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Singer Grace Jones wearing an outfit designed by Issey Miyake in 2003.\" class=\"wp-image-23383541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/issey-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/issey-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/issey-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Singer Grace Jones wearing an outfit designed by Issey Miyake in 2003.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Issey-Miyake-57.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Issy Miyake at the Gall 1993 show during Paris Fashion Week.\" class=\"wp-image-23383549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Issey-Miyake-57.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Issey-Miyake-57.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Issey-Miyake-57.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Issy Miyake at the Gall 1993 show during Paris Fashion Week.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He also collaborated with furniture and interior designer Shiro Kuramata, photographer Irving Penn, choreographer and director Maurice Bejart, pottery maker Lucie Rie and Ballet Frankfurt.<\/p>\n<p>In 1992, Miyake was commissioned to design the official Olympic uniform for Lithuania, which had just gained independence from the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Hiroshima in 1938, Miyake was a star as soon as he hit the European runways. His brown top, which combined the Japanese sewn fabric \u201csashiko\u201d with raw silk knit, was splashed on the cover of the September 1973 issue of Elle magazine.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/issey-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Issey Miyake's show during Paris Fashion Week in 2016.\" class=\"wp-image-23383556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/issey-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/issey-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/issey-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Issey Miyake\u2019s show during Paris Fashion Week in 2016.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Issey-Miyake-56.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Issey Miyake\" class=\"wp-image-23383564\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Issey-Miyake-56.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Issey-Miyake-56.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Issey-Miyake-56.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Issey-Miyake-56.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Issey-Miyake-56.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Born in Hiroshima in 1938, Miyake was a star as soon as he hit the European runways.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Miyake was also a pioneer in gender roles, asking feminist Fusae Ichikawa in the 1970s \u2014 when she was in her 80s \u2014 to be his model, sending the message that garments must be comfortable and express the natural beauty of real people.<\/p>\n<p>Although he made clothes that went beyond the mundane, appearing to reach for the spiritual, he made a point to never get pretentious, always approving of the T-shirt-and-jeans look.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDesigning is like a living organism in that it pursues what matters for its well-being and continuity,\u201d Miyake once wrote in his book.<\/p>\n<p>His office confirmed a private funeral had already been held and other ceremonies will not be held in accordance with Miyake\u2019s wishes. 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