L’Histoire de la Mode Contemporaine
Vol.2 ’90 - 2000
November 25, 2010 ― May 8, 2011
Les Arts Décoratifs, Musée de la mode et du textile, Paris, France
Following Volume 1, which focused on the 1970s and 1980s, this second exhibition looked at Miyake’s works from the 1990s and 2000s. The foundation received a request to provide the organizers with an example of Miyake’s famous pleats, and responded by loaning “Staircase Dress” and “Ashcan Hat” from the 1994 fall/winter collection. As with the previous installment, the exhibits were complemented with video footage of the original collection. Also, in keeping with the curator’s vision, footage of the 1994 spring/summer collection, in which PLEATS PLEASE ISSEY MIYAKE was unveiled, was also shown.