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Issey Miyake
Woman's DressSpring/Summer 1990

Not on view
Pleated ivory and charcoal textile ensemble on a white mannequin, featuring a knee-length tunic with dramatic wing-shaped panels and accordion pleating in multiple directions
Close-up detail of tightly pleated fabric panels in off-white and black, with fine parallel ridges cascading in sweeping curves.
Fashion garment displayed on a white mannequin in profile: a voluminous pleated dress with bold black and cream color-blocked panels that billow dramatically away from the body.
Close-up of finely pleated textile garment in black and ivory white, with sweeping curved panels that twist and overlap, creating dramatic sculptural folds against a neutral gray background.
Fashion garment on a white mannequin, featuring dramatically sculptural pleated fabric in black and cream white, with sweeping curved panels that extend asymmetrically from the body, shown from a rear three-quarter view against a neutral gray background.
Close-up detail of a pleated garment in black and off-white, with densely ridged textile forming curved, sculptural folds; a circular opening reveals contrasting layers.
Fashion photograph of a white mannequin in walking pose wearing a pleated garment with cream and dark brown diagonal color-blocking, the fine pleating creating sculptural, spiraling volume around the body.
Close-up photograph of tightly pleated fabric panels in cream, gray, and deep black, sweeping in curved forms with fine parallel ridges catching directional light.

Issey Miyake, Miyake Design Studio, Woman's Dress from the 'Rhythm Pleats' series, spring/summer 1990, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Issey Miyake Studio, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Designer
Issey Miyake
Japan, 1938-2022
Design House
Miyake Design Studio
Japan, founded 1970
Title
Woman's Dress
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
Spring/Summer 1990
Medium
Polyester plain weave; pleated and heat- and pressure-set
Dimensions
Length (Flat): 48 in. (121.92 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Issey Miyake Studio
Accession Number
M.2007.101.4
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles

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