Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Issey Miyake : East Meets West.

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Miyake, Issey; Vreeland, Diane. Issey Miyake : East Meets West. Tokyo: Sanyo Shokai, 1978. First Edition. Folio, 214pp. Printed wraps as issued. Numerous full bleed colour plates. Text in English and Japanese. Minor bumps to corners. More images available on request. VG+. Softcover.

Amazing book. Brilliant survey of Miyake's works form the 70's, contributions from Guy Bourdin, Avedon, Bailey, Shinoyama, Peccinotti. Text by Vreeland. Split into 3 sections: Man and his Cloth, The Form of Cloth and Witness of time. Full of big, full bleed shots of amazing work that is lesser known today. So good.