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NEWS ABOUT: Issey Miyake

Issey Miyake stories: 2 news summaries
OPINION

Fashion's Issey Miyake Haunted by Hiroshima

Obama's disarmament talk inspires A-bomb survivor to speak up

Jul 14, 09 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Issey Miyake’s clothes are famous for color and exuberance, but the Japanese designer has a tragic past: He survived the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Miyake has declined to talk about the blast, “preferring to think of things that can be created, not destroyed,” he writes in... More »

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Barack Obama • Japan • nuclear weapons • Hiroshima • peace • arms control • fashion designer • Issey Miyake • President Obama

Polyester Sticking to the Runway

Once-disdained fabric makes synthetic splash in spring fashion shows

Feb 20, 08 7:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Once shunned as tacky, scratchy and smelly, polyester was front and center on spring runways this year. "In fashion when something's so hideous, it's great," Marc Jacobs tells W about his use of the synthetic in Louis Vuitton cardigans and skirts. Japanese designers Rei Kawakubo and Issey Miyake... More »

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fashion • Louis Vuitton • runway • fashion designer • Lanvin • Marc Jacobs • polyester • Rei Kawakubo • Issey Miyake • Commes des Garçons • Alber Elbaz

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