Issey Miyake
E556442
Issey Miyake was a pioneering Japanese fashion designer renowned for his innovative use of technology, pleating techniques, and sculptural garments that redefined contemporary clothing design.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Issey Miyake canonical | 12 |
| Bao Bao Issey Miyake | 1 |
| Homme Plissé Issey Miyake | 1 |
| Issey Miyake Inc. | 1 |
| Issey Miyake Pleats Please line | 1 |
| Issey Miyake designs | 1 |
| 三宅一生 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5936231 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Issey Miyake Context triple: [21_21 Design Sight, coDesigner, Issey Miyake]
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A.
Kenzo Kitakata
Kenzo Kitakata is a Japanese crime and hardboiled novelist renowned for his gritty, psychologically rich portrayals of yakuza and urban underworld life.
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B.
Kenzo Takada
Kenzo Takada was a pioneering Japanese fashion designer who founded the Paris-based luxury brand Kenzo, known for its vibrant prints and East-meets-West aesthetic.
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C.
Junya Watanabe
Junya Watanabe is a Japanese fashion designer known for his innovative, avant-garde approach to tailoring, textiles, and technology-driven clothing, often associated with Comme des Garçons.
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D.
Hussein Chalayan
Hussein Chalayan is a British-Cypriot fashion designer renowned for his avant-garde, concept-driven collections that fuse technology, architecture, and performance art.
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E.
Kenzo
Kenzo is a Japanese masculine given name borne by various notable figures in fields such as architecture, fashion, and entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Issey Miyake Target entity description: Issey Miyake was a pioneering Japanese fashion designer renowned for his innovative use of technology, pleating techniques, and sculptural garments that redefined contemporary clothing design.
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A.
Kenzo Kitakata
Kenzo Kitakata is a Japanese crime and hardboiled novelist renowned for his gritty, psychologically rich portrayals of yakuza and urban underworld life.
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B.
Kenzo Takada
Kenzo Takada was a pioneering Japanese fashion designer who founded the Paris-based luxury brand Kenzo, known for its vibrant prints and East-meets-West aesthetic.
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C.
Junya Watanabe
Junya Watanabe is a Japanese fashion designer known for his innovative, avant-garde approach to tailoring, textiles, and technology-driven clothing, often associated with Comme des Garçons.
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D.
Hussein Chalayan
Hussein Chalayan is a British-Cypriot fashion designer renowned for his avant-garde, concept-driven collections that fuse technology, architecture, and performance art.
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E.
Kenzo
Kenzo is a Japanese masculine given name borne by various notable figures in fields such as architecture, fashion, and entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese fashion designer
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entrepreneur ⓘ fashion designer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
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Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy 2006 ⓘ
linked to:
Kyoto Prize
Order of Culture (Japan) 2010 ⓘ
linked to:
Order of Culture
Praemium Imperiale for Sculpture (design category) 2005 ⓘ
linked to:
Praemium Imperiale
|
| birthDate | 1938-04-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Hiroshima, Japan
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linked to:
Hiroshima
|
| causeOfDeath | liver cancer ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Dai Fujiwara
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Shiro Kuramata ⓘ Tokujin Yoshioka ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2022-08-05 ⓘ |
| designedFor | Steve Jobs’s black turtlenecks ⓘ |
| developed |
A-POC (A Piece of Cloth) concept
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permanent heat-set pleating process ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Tama Art University
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linked to:
Tama Art University (Hachiōji campus)
École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne ⓘ |
| employer |
Geoffrey Beene
ⓘ
Givenchy ⓘ Guy Laroche ⓘ |
| familyName | 三宅 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
fashion design
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industrial design ⓘ textile innovation ⓘ |
| founded |
Issey Miyake Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Issey Miyake
Miyake Design Studio ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | 一生 ⓘ |
| graduationYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| hasBrand |
A-POC Issey Miyake
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linked to:
Issey Miyake Design Studio
Bao Bao Issey Miyake ⓘ
linked to:
Issey Miyake
Homme Plissé Issey Miyake ⓘ
linked to:
Issey Miyake
Issey Miyake ⓘ Pleats Please Issey Miyake ⓘ
linked to:
Pleats Please collection
|
| inception |
Issey Miyake brand, early 1970s
ⓘ
Miyake Design Studio, 1970 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hussein Chalayan
ⓘ
Junya Watanabe ⓘ contemporary textile design ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Issey Miyake Bao Bao bags
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Issey Miyake Pleats Please line ⓘ
linked to:
Issey Miyake
L’eau d’Issey fragrance ⓘ innovative pleating techniques ⓘ minimalist aesthetic ⓘ sculptural clothing silhouettes ⓘ technologically driven garment construction ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Japanese ⓘ |
| movement |
Japanese avant-garde fashion
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techno couture ⓘ |
| name | Issey Miyake ⓘ |
| nativeName |
三宅一生
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linked to:
Issey Miyake
|
| notableWork |
A-POC collection
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L’eau d’Issey (1992) ⓘ Pleats Please collection ⓘ |
| occupation |
fashion designer
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perfume designer ⓘ |
| style |
experimental textiles
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high-tech fashion ⓘ minimalism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Issey Miyake Description of subject: Issey Miyake was a pioneering Japanese fashion designer renowned for his innovative use of technology, pleating techniques, and sculptural garments that redefined contemporary clothing design.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Issey Miyake