I adore this coat, I literally gasped when I saw it in 1996 when the runway show was on TV and I never forgot about it. I made a short version using the vogue pattern (I was lucky to find one just before the Miyake pattern prices shot into the stratosphere). It's a very fun coat to wear! I was yelling all through the video 'they're at an angle! they're at an angle!' but you figured it out :). fun video!
What I would have given to have had you in my ear shouting the right answer!! I’m glad you enjoyed the video, it was such a fun process and I’d love to see your version!
When I saw the picture of the back of Miyake's I could see it didn't have the same shape as yours. I was wondering why. Thanks for your analysis and answer. I never knew about Miyake's fashion, a am amazed. You did great with your pattern notheless. I am subscribing. I love how you up cycle fabric, my daughter and me do the same. Better for the planet and the pocket book.
I’m so glad you enjoyed the process and I’m delighted I could introduce you to his work! 🧡 I love that you and your daughter upcycle as well, it’s so much fun too (especially when you get to turn an arguably ugly sleeping bag into a fantastic coat 😉)
@@LeighThayer My sister got the Issey Miyake perfume, it is a lovely bottle, it look like a water drop or a teardrop. That is the inspiration, very beautiful. The glass is made from collected glass found in the ocean apparently. Japanese are more attuned to recycling, they have a lot of sorting categories. The perfume is nice and light, however when the lovely bottle is empty, will they accept it at the recycling plant? It would be nice to recycle it or to refill it. As for the coat, I must say that the title sleeping bag to Issey Miyake got me to click on your video. LOL Very creative and funny. I remember seeing a coat that could also be used as a blanket, it was similar to Issey's but I think the sleeves were not as well done. It was from a San Francisco brand, called Betabrand. Beta because they used to take projects from small designers , get votes or pre sales from clients and produce the garment. I think that the adjustments you made for the back were genius, you are onto something and the best thing is that it is your creation now!!
Looove this !!! 🧡🤎💚❤️The final coat came out incredible with that absolutely perfect for the project vintage sleeping bag! 😍😍 Sadly I confess that years ago I owned that pattern and several other Miyake patterns💔😭they were discarded in a cross country move. Sighhhh I keep hopeful that someday I will find them in a box lot or at a thrift store😊
I’m so glad you approve of the final outcome! Might I suggest **cough cough** a perusal of the Reddit forum that has many a photo of the pattern that could be easily scaled for reproduction? I may or may not have added a direct link in the description 🥰
I am so glad I found out about your channel! i have loved this video and can't wait to watch your others, thanks for sharing your thought process, a better understanding of Missake's style (and the ressources you found!). Your final garment is stunning :D
Thanks so much Marianne! I’d actually made the coat and put together everything together almost a year ago, long before I started this series so I’m delighted that I have you to share it with ❤️
With the designer's Japanese background, that makes a lot of sense, this is how armscyes on traditional garments work. Also, if you look, the slits aren't 100% vertical but slant a little, like /\, unless my optics are crooked. That would probably have an influence on how the collar drapes.
Any wishes for which designer or what garment should be featured in our next episode???
I would love to see you figure out how to make a Mieko Mintz vest. I love to collar and flow of the vest. Really enjoy your creativity!
@@glittergrandma ooh thanks for the great suggestion!
That coat is exactly why I tell people fashion is architecture with fabric. It’s so much about shape and structure. Love the exploration!
So well said! I love that description of fashion as an art form. I’m so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
i remember someone saying on youtube that sewing is part of STEM because it's material science, structural engineering and design :))
@@karljiks that makes perfect sense! Also when you get into pattern modifications it’s SO much math and 3d geometry. ❤️
Fascinating! I used to work as a sales assistant at the Issey shop on Sloane Street London in the 1980s, many happy memories.
Oh how amazing!! What stories you must have!!! Also the clothing you must have seen?!! Incredible!
@@LeighThayer Yes I must write it all down, before I forget it all!
I adore this coat, I literally gasped when I saw it in 1996 when the runway show was on TV and I never forgot about it. I made a short version using the vogue pattern (I was lucky to find one just before the Miyake pattern prices shot into the stratosphere). It's a very fun coat to wear! I was yelling all through the video 'they're at an angle! they're at an angle!' but you figured it out :). fun video!
What I would have given to have had you in my ear shouting the right answer!! I’m glad you enjoyed the video, it was such a fun process and I’d love to see your version!
When I saw the picture of the back of Miyake's I could see it didn't have the same shape as yours. I was wondering why. Thanks for your analysis and answer. I never knew about Miyake's fashion, a am amazed. You did great with your pattern notheless. I am subscribing. I love how you up cycle fabric, my daughter and me do the same. Better for the planet and the pocket book.
I’m so glad you enjoyed the process and I’m delighted I could introduce you to his work! 🧡 I love that you and your daughter upcycle as well, it’s so much fun too (especially when you get to turn an arguably ugly sleeping bag into a fantastic coat 😉)
@@LeighThayer My sister got the Issey Miyake perfume, it is a lovely bottle, it look like a water drop or a teardrop. That is the inspiration, very beautiful. The glass is made from collected glass found in the ocean apparently. Japanese are more attuned to recycling, they have a lot of sorting categories. The perfume is nice and light, however when the lovely bottle is empty, will they accept it at the recycling plant? It would be nice to recycle it or to refill it.
As for the coat, I must say that the title sleeping bag to Issey Miyake got me to click on your video. LOL
Very creative and funny. I remember seeing a coat that could also be used as a blanket, it was similar to Issey's but I think the sleeves were not as well done. It was from a San Francisco brand, called Betabrand. Beta because they used to take projects from small designers , get votes or pre sales from clients and produce the garment. I think that the adjustments you made for the back were genius, you are onto something and the best thing is that it is your creation now!!
grateful for the reddit user u mentioned.
Oh my gosh, ETERNALLY grateful, it was the perfect finish to a great sewing adventure ❤️
This. Was. FASCINATING! 🤩
More more more 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I‘m so glad you got enjoyed it!! More in the works and on the way I promise 🥰❤️❤️
Looove this !!! 🧡🤎💚❤️The final coat came out incredible with that absolutely perfect for the project vintage sleeping bag! 😍😍 Sadly I confess that years ago I owned that pattern and several other Miyake patterns💔😭they were discarded in a cross country move. Sighhhh I keep hopeful that someday I will find them in a box lot or at a thrift store😊
I’m so glad you approve of the final outcome! Might I suggest **cough cough** a perusal of the Reddit forum that has many a photo of the pattern that could be easily scaled for reproduction? I may or may not have added a direct link in the description 🥰
@@LeighThayer Oh thanks for the suggestion!☺️😉I might accidentally end up there while wandering around the internet. 😁
this is amazing!
Thanks!!
I am so glad I found out about your channel! i have loved this video and can't wait to watch your others, thanks for sharing your thought process, a better understanding of Missake's style (and the ressources you found!). Your final garment is stunning :D
Thanks so much Marianne! I’d actually made the coat and put together everything together almost a year ago, long before I started this series so I’m delighted that I have you to share it with ❤️
My guess is it was just a strait slit cut down for the arms (no circular cut) to be sew on. And some how that would hug the shoulder more
Loved the presentation!
Brilliant garment construction deduction skills! Have you seen that before in many patterns?
Thank you!
With the designer's Japanese background, that makes a lot of sense, this is how armscyes on traditional garments work. Also, if you look, the slits aren't 100% vertical but slant a little, like /\, unless my optics are crooked. That would probably have an influence on how the collar drapes.
@@lydianoack4552 beautifully predicted. I learned a lot constructing this.
You're giving Edie Sedgwick. I love your hair!
Such a compliment! Thank you so much ❤️
Cute
Thanks ❤️
it was not that simple, and in a way... it was more simple that what we expected...
Well put! Very elegantly designed indeed
Origami armholes!!!
I mean not too far off 😜
Love❤❤❤
I’m glad you liked it ❤️
oh by the way, Miyake's KE is pronounced like KEttle or CAre, with word stresses at Y and K
so its miYAKE, not miYAAkeeee
Good to know, thanks. I’ll work on trying to get that pronunciation more accurate in the future