Issey Miyake Quotes

The dress is a vase which the body follows. My clothes are like modules in which bodies move.

My fascination has been the space between cloth and the body, and using a two-dimensional element to clothe a three-dimensional form.

I wanted to create clothing that I would wear - that I truly want to wear - but which would also fit my active lifestyle.

Fashion has become a joke. The designers have forgotten that there are women inside the dresses. Most women dress for men and want to be admired. But they must also be able to move, to get into a car without bursting their seams! Clothes must have a natural shape.

We're making clothes - we aren't saving the world. I'm not saying that designers aren't artists, but at the end of the day, we make clothes. Hopefully we make beautiful clothes with a message, but in the end it's for people to wear. I think that the hype of fashion has come down a level.

I would like the people that buy my clothes to understand that for me it's one small piece of art.

I help design my own tennis clothes.

A lot of people think a high armhole is restrictive, but it gives you total movement because it's cut right up to your arm.

I'd love to design stuff that I'd like to wear and that other people could wear, too.

But the customer is the final, final filter. What survives the whole process is what people wear. I'm not interested in making clothes that end up in some dusty museum.

I'm not interested in making clothes that are not accessible.

It was never my desire to revolutionize fashion, to make clothes that could be in a museum. I want to create clothes that have a certain style, but I want to see them used. I want to see people enjoy the things I've made.

The real message of the Dance opens up the vistas of life to all who have the urge to express beauty with no other instrument than their own bodies, with no apparatus and no dependence on anything other than space.

Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.

I'm not trying to set the world on fire; I just want to make really beautiful clothes that women want to wear, can afford, and can really see themselves in.

Movement is expressive. I've never denied that. I don't think there's such a thing as abstract dance.

I always wanted to create clothing that was universal - easy to wear, to care for, and that was also beautiful. As such, I became interested in polyester, and its potential, from the beginning of my career.

Dancing gives an innate physical awareness - it's physical training. Acting feels like the same medium but just with words.

I am not really interested in clothing as a conceptual art form.

Sportswear is great, but not every designer can do tailored.

I always believed that clothes should be designed to conform to our bodies and not our bodies to conform to the clothing.

Clothes are only completed when somebody actually wears them. If they were art, they could be more abstract. As long as something is new and has never been seen before, I don't mind if people call it art. Wear them if you dare.

It's always a fantastic moment for me when someone wears one of our designs.

Our silhouettes are quite classic, and the fit is very flattering. I just try to create something beautiful that complements the wearer.

I think the designs and creativity are limitless with 3-D-printed clothing.