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Article: Issey Miyake: catching up with the man who pushes the envelope of fashion. (Crossing, Boundaries).(Interview)
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- November 1, 2001
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INGRID SISCHY: Issey, why did you want to become a fashion designer?
ISSEY MIYAKE: When I was a little boy, I wanted to be a dancer. I was interested in the way the body can express itself. Later I told people I was interested in graphic design and in becoming an artist, but that was mostly because that's what they expected me to want to do. However, I always thought fashion design was wonderful. After growing up in Hiroshima, I went to university and would get magazines from America with photographs by people like Avedon and Hiro or saw art by people like Andy Warhol. It had such power for me. I felt, through the images I saw in magazines, that clothing could be ...