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Nov. 11, 2011 - PRLog -- Issey Miyake's "Pleats Please" designer clothing line is being presented in a new aura, as a master of his art Issey Miyake's pleated pieces were the first time introduced in 1993.

Japanese designer Issey Miyake is a master of his art, he opened his Design Studio in Tokyo, 1970, and his pleated pieces were the first time introduced in 1993. A pleat is a type of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and securing it in place. It is commonly used in clothing and upholstery to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference. Pleats are categorized as pressed, that is, ironed or otherwise heat-set into a sharp crease, or unpressed, falling in soft rounded folds. Pleats sewn into place are called tucks.

In the late 1980s, he began to experiment with new methods of pleating that would allow both flexibility of movement for the wearer as well as ease of care and production. This eventually resulted in a new technique called garment pleating in 1993's Pleats Please in which the garments are cut and sewn first, then sandwiched between layers of paper and fed into a heat press, where they are pleated. The fabric's 'memory' holds the pleats and when the garments are liberated from their paper cocoon, they are ready-to wear. He did the costume for Ballett Frankfurt with pleats in a piece named "the Loss of Small Detail" William Forsythe and also work on ballet "Garden in the setting".


The pleated fashion pieces are definitely hot on the streets and runway and are essentials for the coming holiday season.

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