The designer leaves behind a legacy that most fashion designers can only dream of.
, the Japanese fashion designer and the founder of the namesake fashion brand, has died aged 84 years old. According to the Kyodo news agency, the late designer was battling hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common type of liver cancer, and passed away on August 5.
Hiroshima-born Miyake leaves behind a legacy that most fashion designers can only dream of. He studied graphic design at Tama Art University in Tokyo, before moving to Paris in 1965 to study at the École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. It was in Paris that he began to work with Guy Laroche, Hubert de Givenchy, and Geoffrey Beene, before launching his own label in 1973.
British designer Jonathan Anderson took to Instagram to say that Miyake was “a designer that changed fashion and someone I looked up to so much. What he did for craft and technology changed the way we look at fashion." Miyake has reportedly already had a private funeral and the brand will continue under the creative vision of Satoshi Kondo, who has designed the collections since 2020.