ssey Miyake is known for consistently
presenting
new
methodologies
and
possibilities for making clothes, while
always focusing on the future. It all began in
1960 when Miyake, a student at Tama Art
University, sent a letter to the World Design
Conference, which was being held for the
first time in Japan that year. The letter was
addressing the fact that clothing design was
not included in the event. At that point,
Miyake’s notion that clothing is not merely
“fashion” – i.e., something that changes with
time