The Minimal Eye Issey Miyake (Part I)

THE MINIMAL EYE

RASNA BHASIN

THE MINIMAL EYE The Minimal Eye, is a coffee table book, made by Rasna Bhasin. More on the lines of a photo-book, Bhasin tries to capture the lives and design philosophies of two proficient, famous & minimalistic designers of her times.Issey Miyake & Wendell Rodricks, two very similar yet different fashion de-signers. Both the designers are known around the world for their minimalistic ap-proach towards design. Over the decades the designers, have time and again proved that fashion does not need to be over the top. The first half of ‘The Minimal Eye’ takes you through Miyake’s life, while the second is dedicated to that of Rodricks.They say a picture speaks a thousand words, The Minimal Eye hopes that these pictures speak to you about these two creative geniuses....

ISSEY MIYAKE

Issey Miyake, one of the Nihon's most respected and well-known designers, refers to his designs not as clothing, or ready-to-wear ensembles, but rather art pieces.And why not? Many of the designs from Miyake et al are stunningly beautiful, but not the kind of thing you'd wear to the cricket, or even to dinner in some cases. Miyake thinks differently from the more orthodox designer. Hailing from Japan, most would expect him to create 'art pieces' with an oriental flavor. While he will do this - and still does - he also creates pieces that are far more westernized than most would expect.Experimenting with various blends of fabrics and syn-thetic textiles, Miyake’s minimalistic approach to fash-ion has always been appreciated.

“From the beginning I thought about working with the body in movement, the space between the body and clothes. I wanted the clothes to move when people moved. The clothes are also for people to dance or laugh.”-Issey Miyake

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