Inside the origin of Pleats Please: Issey Miyake's 'epoch-making' clothing
Briefly

By folding a square piece of fabric into quarters and then pleating these diagonally, a variety of clothing was born thanks to this new technique.
"You know a bread-baking oven? Just like that, a blouse is baked. Like a loaf of bread!" This was the announcement of a pleated shirt, a product with an intrinsic 3D shape.
The prototypes of Pleats Please were first brought to people's attention in Amsterdam at the Stedelijk Museum. Conceived and organized around the theme of the power of creation, the exhibition Energieën had invited artists, architects...
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