Issey Miyake, fashion pioneer and designer of Steve Jobs' turtlenecks, dies at 84 - The Verge

Issey Miyake, a cutting-edge fashion designer, died at age 84 in Tokyo. Miyake is known for his innovative pleating technology and for creating the black turtlenecks worn by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

A trailblazer of fashion and form Photo by Pierre Vauthey/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images I had never held a piece by Issey Miyake before the tail end of a trip back home to Japan in 2019, when I wand… [+3398 chars]

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