Rejoice all Issey Miyake fans! The Issey Miyake Pleats
Please and Issey Miyake Bao Bao standalone store is finally here in Singapore.
Issey Miyake Pleats Please, for those unfamiliar with
the line, is positioned to embody one of the most fundamental concepts of Issey
Miyake – integrating design with the everyday life and comfort of the wearer.
This is clearly demonstrated in the development and evolution of traditional
techniques of processing and of pleating material into a highly functional
modern product - light in weight and easy to wear and handle, just slip on and
slip off, no zips or buttons required. This revolutionary concept is truly an
ingenious fusion of creation, technology and business.
The Bao Bao bag, which has already made its debut in
Singapore much earlier, is both light and soft, transforming itself after
handling to create dramatic new shapes (I like to think of it as a cloth rubix
cube. The bags feature a flexible functionality perfect for busy modern
lifestyles and are an architectural beauty.
While I never really was a fan of Issey Miyake’s avant
garde designs, I visited the opening of Issey Miyake Pleats Please and Issey
Miyake Bao Bao and had a change of heart. Avant garde designers often focus on
aesthetics more than anything; designing clothes which are sometimes hardly
wearable. Issey Miyake, on the contrary focuses on the
wearer, comfort and functionality.
Issey Miyake is truly a genius in fusing fashion and
technology and I’m a convert.
Visit
Issey Miyake Pleats Please and Issey Miyake Bao Bao at Forum Shopping Mall,
01-28.
-Fal
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