Japanese designer who mixes technology with fashion: Issey Miyake

On August 5, 2022, the famous fashion designer Issey Miyake passed away at the age of 84. Miyake is known for designing the sweater for Apple founder Steve Jobs

The designer was battling liver cancer. Miyake, who founded his own brand in 1971, stood out with his forward-thinking and innovative designs. The designer's most popular product was his perfume named 'The L'eau d'Issey'.

Issey Miyake (22 April 1938 – 5 August 2022) was a Japanese fashion designer. He was known for his technology-driven clothing designs, exhibitions and fragrances, such as L'eau d'Issey, which became his best-known product.

The designer, known for his experimental steps and developing modern techniques throughout his 50-year career, also owns the design of Steve Jobs' iconic turtleneck sweater. Jobs said in an interview that he owns more than 100 black turtlenecks bearing Miyake's signature.

Issey Miyake was born in Hiroshima in 1938. When Miyake was only 7 years old, he witnessed the atomic bomb that killed thousands of people. Although he was unharmed, he lost his mother due to the effects of the bomb. He said he didn't want to be called "the fashion designer who survived the atomic bomb."

The world-famous fashion designer was influenced by the designs of artist Isamu Noguchi at an early age. Miyake, who is also known for combining traditional and modern techniques with experimental methods, had a career of more than 50 years.

Miyaki, who moved to Paris in the 1960s, worked with names such as Guy Laroche and Hubert de Givenchy, and then went to New York for a short time. He eventually returned to Tokyo in 1970 and opened Miyake Design Studio.

By the 1980s, he became famous for his designs embellished with paper, cardboard and traditional Japanese materials. Known as the person who mixes technology with fashion, the designer continued his success in the world of fashion and produced his first perfume for women in 1992.