Early 1990s Issey Miyake Graphic Gray & White Elaborately Pleated Midi Skirt designer-christian-lacroix The waist is a suggestion

The waist is a suggestion and the netting trailing down one side is extremely clever

even if you simply based it on how utterly beautiful it is

The print that covers the silk is large

It is cut to have a bit of swing to it but also has a belt that you can choose to wear with it to add and define some shape

The neckline curves up from the shoulder and the sleeves are long

Early 1990s Issey Miyake Graphic Gray & White Elaborately Pleated Midi Skirt designer-christian-lacroix The waist is a suggestionThe pleating technique that Issey Miyake was to become famous for was begun in pieces produced during the 1980s. They soon became his signature and an integral part of his brand. Part of the incentive behind using pleats in this manner was to give his clothes a sense of ease. He wanted his clothing to have freedom in the way that they moved and for him it was always about the shape of the body rather then the shape of the clothes. That is why the best