Issey Miyake was born in Hiroshima in 1938 and witnessed the atomic bombing of the city in 1945. As a child he wanted to become a dancer. After graphic design and fashion studies in Tokyo he moved to Paris where he worked with Guy Laroche and Hubert de Givenchy. Upon his return to Japan in the 1970s he founded the Miyake Studio. It was there, during the 1980s, that Miyake started experimenting in new forms of pleating which resulted in the Pleats Please line. Miyake made his work available to dancers as he felt that the flexibility of his materials met with their need for freedom of movement.
Steve Jobs’ famous turtlenecks are the work of Issey Miyake who was quoted saying “Design is not for Philosophy; it is for Life”.
The bracelet is part of Issey Miyake’s FETE line. Debuted in 2004. FETE is a colourful line drawing on the technological innovations of Pleats Please. The meaning of the French word “FETE” (Fête)” is “celebration”.