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‘Kids with Down’s have no filter. I love it’: Allan Cockram, the man behind the Mighty Penguins

A new film charts the rise of a west London football club for young players with Down’s Syndrome, and the team’s founder has a fairly extraordinary life story of his own, he tells Donald McRae

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Fashion, star power and a martial aura fuse at Givenchy's collection at Paris Fashion Week

History, fashion, and star power came together at Givenchy’s latest menswear show at Les Invalides in Paris

The Independent UK

Design news: how to live on water, Issey Miyake and the best of the biennales

Learn about Tropical Modernism, invest in designer Freya Simonne’s upcycled linens and look forward to the London Design Biennale

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Cleaning lady’s devotion to dusting earns her family an artistic windfall worth tens of thousands of pounds

A North London cleaning lady’s devotion to dusting has earned her family an artistic windfall worth tens of thousands of pounds.

Evening Standard

‘I faked it at the beginning!’: David Chipperfield on his rise from shop designer to starchitect

He almost failed architecture school. Now he’s netted the profession’s top prize, the Pritzker. Britain’s modernist master talks about the building that changed everything – and running a bar in Spain

The Guardian - UK

Rusalka review – junk-filled staging brings magic and a sombre message

Ann Yee and Natalie Abrahami’s thoughtful and effective new production shapes Dvorák’s opera into a tale of mankind versus nature. A first-rate cast is matched by Semyon Bychkov in the pit

The Guardian - UK

Remembering the international celebrities who died in 2022

The world lost trailblazers, pioneers and giants this year from many walks of life. Take a look back at the international stars who died this year.

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'A Turning Point': Japanese Fashion after Kenzo, Miyake

At Tokyo's prestigious Bunka Fashion College, students concentrate in silence that is broken only by the sound of scissors and sewing machines as they strive to emulate the global success of alumni like Kenzo. The loss of greats Kenzo Takada and Issey Miyake heralds the end of a fashion era,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'A turning point': Japanese fashion after Kenzo, Miyake

Tokyo (AFP) - At Tokyo's prestigious Bunka Fashion College, students concentrate in silence that is broken only by the sound of scissors and sewing machines as they strive to emulate the global success of alumni like Kenzo.

AFP

Met Gala to Honor Lagerfeld; Loewe Bowls over Paris Fashion

Loewe’s ever-creative director, Jonathan Anderson, became the toast of Paris Fashion Week on Friday with his subtly provocative, concept-driven runway show triumph that had critics and VIP guests, including Karlie Kloss and Alexa Chung, bowled over. Meanwhile, US Vogue’s Anna Wintour announced that next year’s Met Gala in New York…

Asharq Al-Awsat

What does Japanese designer Issey Miyake’s inspiration mean today for Indian fashion?

Miyake’s passing is a black and white reminder of what cloth and cultural identity mean on the global stage

The Hindu

Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori dies aged 96

The designer was nicknamed ‘Madame Butterfly’

The Independent UK

Issey Miyake: Designer and fashion’s prince of pleats

One of the first Japanese designers to show in Paris, the maverick drew acclaim for his fusion of Eastern and Western influences and his experimentation materials

The Independent UK

Morning mail: Tasmania bulk billing ‘almost nonexistent’, Barilaro to face fresh questions

Friday: A lack of federal support means several rural areas are using council rates to subsidise health services for vulnerable patients Plus: urgent flood warnings issued

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Issey Miyake obituary

Fashion designer whose innovative hi-tech creations were inspired by the ancient principles of Japanese clothing

The Guardian - AU

‘It became a mainstay’: How Issey Miyake helped define Melbourne style

The Japanese designer’s sculptural yet comfortable forms have had an outsized influence on the way Melburnians dress – and the city’s designers

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The story of Steve Jobs and Issey Miyake's friendship (and a nixed Apple uniform)

Before Jobs adopted his classic black turtleneck, he approached Japanese designer Issey Miyake to see if he could create a uniform for Apple employees. But company employees were not fans.

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Part of the Japanese Revolution in Fashion, Issey Miyake Changed the Way We Saw, Wore, and Made Fashion

Issey Miyake rejected terms like “fashion,” but his work allowed much of the world to reimagine itself through clothing.

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Issey Miyake – a conceptual fashion designer for the many

Designer Issey Miyake has died aged 84, leaving an indelible mark on the fashion world. He was celebrated for clothing that responded to the body in movement and which was conceptual in design but also completely appropriate for the everyday. His garments were often based on simple geometric shapes made…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Issey Miyake: fashion designer, hibakusha, icon

Issey Miyake, who died on Aug. 5 at 84, came from Hiroshima. As a high school student, he was immensely moved by the beauty of the handrails of the Peace Bridge near ground zero of the atomic bombing in the city. The handrails were designed by sculptor Isamu Noguchi. "It…

Evening Standard

Remembering Issey Miyake: 5 defining moments that shaped the fashion legend

From Pleats Please to his nineties cult fragrance, Isobel Van Dyke looks back at the five most pivotal moments of the late designer’s career

The Conversation

Part of the Japanese revolution in fashion, Issey Miyake changed the way we saw, wore and made fashion

Throughout his career, Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake, who has died of cancer at 84, rejected terms like “fashion”.

Chicago Sun-Times

Issey Miyake, famed Japanese fashion designer, dies at 84

His down-to-earth clothing was meant to celebrate the human body regardless of race, build, size or age.

The Independent UK

Issey Miyake’s greatest legacy will always be his turtlenecks

In the 1990s, the humble black turtleneck saw a fashion revival in an unlikely place: on Apple founder Steve Jobs. Laura Hampson charts the history of the item and how late designer Issey Miyake changed the way we wore the turtleneck forever

The Independent UK

Issey Miyake: The life and legacy of the King of Pleats

The innovative Japanese designer has died aged 84

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