ISSEY Miyake was born 22 April 1938 in Hiroshima, Japan, he is a Japanese fashion designer. Issey Miyake is known for his technology-driven clothing designs and exhibitions. He Studied graphic design at the Tama Art University in Tokyo, graduating in 1964. After graduation, he worked in Paris and New York City. Returning to Tokyo in 1970, he founded the Miyake Design Studio....
..In 1994 and 1999, Miyake turned over the design of the men's and women's collections respectively, to his associate, Naoki Takizawa, so that he could return to research. In 2007, Naoki Takizawa opened his own brand, supported by the Issey Miyake Group and was replaced, as a Creative Director of the House of Issey Miyake, by Dai Fujiwara.
Issey Miyake also has a line of perfumes, first fragrance is the light aquatic-floral L'eau d'Issey for women, was launched in 1992. The name L'eau d'Issey (english: Issey's water) is a pun. In French, it sounds identical to "l'odyssée" (english. odyssey). The scent was followed by L'eau d'Issey Pour Homme, this perfume for men in 1994. L'eau Bleue d'Issey Pour Homme was introduced in 2004; however, it was recently discontinued due to low sales. A new Issey Miyake men's fragrance, L'eau d'Issey Pour Homme Intense, was introduced at Nordstrom in the United States in June 2007, with a larger worldwide rollout following in September 2007. Issey Miyake fragrances are produced under a long-term agreement by the Beauté Prestige International division of Shiseido, who also produces fragrances for Narciso Rodriguez and Jean-Paul Gaultier.
Issey Miyake also has a line of perfumes, first fragrance is the light aquatic-floral L'eau d'Issey for women, was launched in 1992. The name L'eau d'Issey (english: Issey's water) is a pun. In French, it sounds identical to "l'odyssée" (english. odyssey). The scent was followed by L'eau d'Issey Pour Homme, this perfume for men in 1994. L'eau Bleue d'Issey Pour Homme was introduced in 2004; however, it was recently discontinued due to low sales. A new Issey Miyake men's fragrance, L'eau d'Issey Pour Homme Intense, was introduced at Nordstrom in the United States in June 2007, with a larger worldwide rollout following in September 2007. Issey Miyake fragrances are produced under a long-term agreement by the Beauté Prestige International division of Shiseido, who also produces fragrances for Narciso Rodriguez and Jean-Paul Gaultier.