When fashion is a reminder of the past.....

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When fashion is a reminder of the past.....

Post by macliam » Tue Aug 09 2022 2:51pm

The death has been reported of Issey Miyake, the japanese fashion designer, aged 84.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-62477354
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His fashion may be well known, but the fact that he was a survivor of Hiroshima less so. He was just 7 years old when the bomb was dropped and lost his mother from the outcome of radiation exposure at age 10.
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Re: When fashion is a reminder of the past.....

Post by Chadwick » Wed Aug 10 2022 11:55am

As the article says, he didn't want be known as "the designer who survived the atomic bomb".
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Re: When fashion is a reminder of the past.....

Post by macliam » Wed Aug 10 2022 5:12pm

Well, he got his wish!
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