Japanese Fashion Designers: The Work and Influence of Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamotom, and Rei Kawakubo
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Overview
Over the past 40 years, Japanese designers have led the way in aligning fashion with art and ideology, as well as addressing identity and social politics through dress. They have demonstrated that both creative and commercial enterprise is possible in today’s international fashion industry, and have refused to compromise their ideals, remaining autonomous and independent in their design, business affairs and distribution methods. The inspirational Miyake, Yamamoto and Kawakubo have gained worldwide respect and admiration and have influenced a generation of designers and artists alike.
Based on twelve years of research, this book provides a richly detailed and uniquely comprehensive view of the work of these three key designers. It outlines their major contributions and the subsequent impact that their work has had upon the next generation of fashion and textile designers around the world.
Designers discussed include: Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto, Rei Kawakubo, Naoki Takizawa, Dai Fujiwara, Junya Watanabe, Tao Kurihara, Jun Takahashi, Yoshiki Hishinuma, Junichi Arai, Reiko Sudo & the Nuno Corporation, Makiko Minagawa, Hiroshi Matsushita, Martin Margiela, Ann Demeulemeester, Dries Van Noten, Walter Beirendonck, Dirk Bikkembergs, Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan and Helmut Lang.
An accessible overview of the inspirational work of the big three Japanese fashion designers and their enormous influence on fashion today.
An accessible exploration of the work of three internationally renowned designers
Includes rich case studies on the influence of Japanese fashion design on key European designers
Examines both the design and business approaches of key designers
Beautifully illustrated in colour and black and white
Also available in hardback, 9781847883117 £55.00 (August 2011); and in paperback, 9781847883100 £17.99 (August 2011)
Introduction
Chapter 1 ISSEY MIYAKE
Chapter 2 YOHJI YAMAMOTO
Chapter 3 REI KAWAKUBO & COMME DES GARCONS
Chapter 4 THE NEXT WAVE
Chapter 5 TECHNO TEXTILES
Chapter 6 GLOBAL INFLUENCES: CHANGING WESTERN DIRECTIONS
Conclusion
Bibliography
A comprehensive synthesis of the works and careers of the three Japanese designers who revolutionized the Western fashion world... This is a must read for anyone interested in Japanese fashion.
- Title: Japanese Fashion Designers: The Work and Influence of Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamotom, and Rei Kawakubo
- Author: Bonnie English
- Publisher: Berg Publishers
- Print Publication Date: 2013
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 192
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9780857850546, 9781350088146, 1350088145, 0857850547
- Resource ID: LLS:9780857850546
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T10:04:28Z
Bonnie English was, until her death in 2013, Associate Professor in Art History & Theory at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.