Japanese fashion designer icon Issey Miyake has died aged 84
Japanese fashion designer icon Issey Miyake has died aged 84. Known for producing Steve Jobs’ trademark turtlenecks, he passed away from liver cancer last Friday, the Kyodo news agency reported. He was said to have wanted to become either a dancer or an athlete, but reading his sister’s fashion magazines inspired him to choose fashion. He was propelled to fame with his designs incorporating cutting-edge silhouettes and pleated fabrics in a career spanning more than half a century. Born in Hiroshima in 1938, Miyake was seven years old when the US dropped an atomic bomb on the city in August 194...