Issey Miyake designer Satoshi Kondo showcased a collection of lightweight, sculpted silhouettes constructed from technical fabrics, pushing the brand’s signature approach with looks that ranged from futuristic to romantic at Paris Fashion Week on Friday.
The first show since the death of its namesake founder, the performance began with a projection of Miyake’s portrait on screens around the room.
Miyake, who died in August at the age of 84, was known for developing a new way of pleating fabric: making garments that held their shape but allowed freedom of movement.
Over the years, the brand has been known to demonstrate the ease of its often seamless garments by presenting them in motion, on ballerinas.
There were ballerinas in the show on Friday, wearing intricately pleated dresses that looked like delicate knitwear from a distance, striking a softer contrast to more defined looks, punctuated with spikes.
At the end of the show, a group of models in peach-hued outfits broke into a run, leaping into the air, and the audience erupted in applause and cheers.
“The final performance is an expression of how I see how people can connect regardless of their gender or skin tone. Everyone should be together,” Kondo told Reuters, speaking through a translator.
“Every collection I’ve created is always a reflection of what I’ve learned and what my team has learned from Issey-san,” he added.
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