Miyake defined an era in Japan ... her 80s — to be his model, sending the message that garments must be comfortable and express the natural beauty of real people. Although he made clothes ...

the designer is credited for bringing Japanese fashion to the mainstream. He infused energy into high-fashion runways in the 1970s, ‘80s, and ‘90s, his brand continues to delight today with ...

The fashion connection was always there. In the early 1980s, with X Japan, Yoshiki and his bandmates pioneered international interest in what would soon be known as Japan’s Visual Kei fashion ...

Issey Miyake, who built one of Japan’s biggest fashion brands and was known for ... Fusae Ichikawa in the 1970s — when she was in her 80s — to be his model, sending the message that garments ...