Issey Miyake, who constructed certainly one of Japan’s greatest vogue manufacturers and was identified for his boldly sculpted, signature pleated items, has died. He was 84.

Miyake died on August 5, 2022, of most cancers, Japanese media reviews stated on Tuesday.

Miyake outlined an period in Japan’s fashionable historical past, reaching stardom within the Nineteen Seventies amongst a era of designers and artists who reached world fame by defining a Japanese imaginative and prescient that was distinctive from the West.

Miyake’s origami-like pleats reworked normally crass polyester into stylish. He additionally used pc expertise in weaving to create attire. His down-to-earth clothes was meant to have fun the human physique no matter race, construct, measurement or age.