Japanese Fashion Designers: The Work and Influence of Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamotom, and Rei Kawakubo...

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Professor Bonnie English (Late of Griffith University, Australia)

Japanese Fashion Designers

The Work and Influence of Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamotom, and Rei Kawakubo

Professor Bonnie English (Late of Griffith University, Australia)

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Berg Publishers
01 November 2011

Fashion design & theory; Fashion & society; Fashion & beauty industries

Over the past 40 years, Japanese designers have led the way in aligning fashion with art and ideology, as well as addressing identity and social politics through dress. They have demonstrated that both creative and commercial enterprise is possible in today's international fashion industry, and have refused to compromise their ideals, remaining autonomous and independent in their design, business affairs and distribution methods. The inspirational Miyake, Yamamoto and Kawakubo have gained worldwide respect and admiration and have influenced a generation of designers and artists alike.

Based on twelve years of research, this book provides a richly detailed and uniquely comprehensive view of the work of these three key designers. It outlines their major contributions and the subsequent impact that their work has had upon the next generation of fashion and textile designers around the world.

Designers discussed include: Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto, Rei Kawakubo, Naoki Takizawa, Dai Fujiwara, Junya Watanabe, Tao Kurihara, Jun Takahashi, Yoshiki Hishinuma, Junichi Arai, Reiko Sudo & the Nuno Corporation, Makiko Minagawa, Hiroshi Matsushita, Martin Margiela, Ann Demeulemeester, Dries Van Noten, Walter Beirendonck, Dirk Bikkembergs, Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan and Helmut Lang.

By: Professor Bonnie English (Late of Griffith University Australia)
Imprint: Berg Publishers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 172mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 572g
ISBN: 9781847883117
ISBN 10: 1847883117
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 01 November 2011
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Chapter 1 ISSEY MIYAKE Chapter 2 YOHJI YAMAMOTO Chapter 3 REI KAWAKUBO & COMME DES GARCONS Chapter 4 THE NEXT WAVE Chapter 5 TECHNO TEXTILES Chapter 6 GLOBAL INFLUENCES: CHANGING WESTERN DIRECTIONS Conclusion Bibliography

Bonnie English was, until her death in 2013, Associate Professor in Art History & Theory at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.

Reviews for Japanese Fashion Designers: The Work and Influence of Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamotom, and Rei Kawakubo

A comprehensive synthesis of the works and careers of the three Japanese designers who revolutionized the Western fashion world... This is a must read for anyone interested in Japanese fashion. Yuniya Kawamura, Associate Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology/State University of New York