Issey Miyake (Japanese, 1938-2022), Limited Edition "Making Things" Exhibition Shirt

1998-1999, unopened commemorative t-shirt in a shrink wrapped plastic package. This Lot includes a large exhibition pamphlet from the Fondation Cartier in Paris.

package 19 x 19 1/2 in.

"Issey Miyake, Making Things" was hosted in 1998-1999 by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporaine in Paris.

Calling himself a “clothing designer” rather than using the French term “styliste de mode,” and thereby reaffirming that form, function, and beauty are one, Issey Miyake is first and foremost the originator of an unparalleled design that lies at the intersection of all media, practices, and approaches.

The exhibition "Issey Miyake, Making Things" explores in particularly close detail this new approach to clothing, in which imagination and comfort go hand in hand with the most innovative technology. Wedding beauty and function, Issey Miyake’s highly sophisticated compositions match form and texture to create a fundamental design that takes on a new dimension which foreshadows the twenty-first century. (Information courtesy of the Fondation Cartier website)

Package with some discoloration to one corner; pamphlet with some light staining visible to cover.

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