Pleats Please - Issey Miyake
The designer:Renowned clothing designerIssey Miyake studied  graphic design at the Tama Art University in Tokyo, graduating in 1964.  In 1970, he founded the Miyake Design Studio in Tokyo. In the late  '80s, he began to experiment with new methods of pleating that would  allow both beauty and flexibility of movement for the wearer as well as  ease of care and production. This eventually resulted in a new technique  called garment pleating and in 1993, the Pleats Please line was  launched.After turning over the design of both men's and women's collections to  his designers, Miyake worked on the realization of 21_21 Design Sight  that opened in 2007 in Tokyo. In 2010, Miyake presented a new and  innovative line called "132 5 Issey Miyake".The editor:Born in Tokyo, Midori Kitamurais president of Miyake Design Studio. Starting in 1976, she worked  under Issey Miyake on collections, exhibitions, and publications as  attaché de press. She also manages developments including creative  direction of products such as perfumes and watches. Kitamura  was Exhibition Director of "Bulls Eye Special 2008" at 21_21 Design  Sight, together with Kazumi Oguro and Katsuhiko Hibino, and has been  president of 21_21 Design Sight Inc. since 2009.