I guess the title says it all really! Well, a little more detail wouldn’t hurt I suppose 😉 This is the latest and 10th thing in my #use12 mini capsule wardrobe that I proposed for myself at the beginning of…
Tag: issey miyake
white Issey Miyake shirt
Self-explanatory, really. #endblogpost 😉 Pattern; Vogue 1384. It’s a vintage pattern, hailing from 1984, sorry. Yeah, it’s annoying when people make things in vintage patterns that you can’t get a hold of anymore. But I’m sure this is not particularly aspirational…
blue Issey Miyake trousers
To complete my Issey Miyake trilogy; the trousers. Pattern; Vogue 1693, an Issey Miyake design from 1986. I used a navy blue cotton drill from Spotlight, buttons from Fabulous Fabrics. Hmmm, navy blue again. Can’t explain it but I’m a…
Issey Miyake blouse
Continuing my trip down nostalgia lane, I’ve made the top from my 1986 Issey Miyake pattern; Vogue 1693… Fabric: a lightweight, fully embroidered cotton voile in pure-as-the-driven-snow white, a remnant from Potter’s Textiles. I had barely enough fabric to squeak…
mustard Issey Miyake skirt
I’m scratching a long-standing itch by making something from this 1986 Issey Miyake pattern; Vogue 1693 … see, I’ve used it once before, when it very first came out! to make a skirt and the top for myself. I…
pale pink Issey Miyake skirt
Why a pale pink skirt, I hear you cry? why not a pale pink skirt, is my reply. Poetry. Nailed it. Sorry. I’m in a silly mood and obviously having trouble thinking of intelligent-sounding stuff to write… Ok. So, at…
Green pleats, please!
Hello! 🙂 So what’s new here? Just a colour, really. My Issey Miyake pleated top (vogue 1142) used to be a cheerful daffodil yellow, and now it is a murky-lurky, swampy, toxic-waste shade of green. Definitely far more me 😉 Hoorah for dye!…
Issey Miyake tucked dress
I’ve made a new dress. Part of that swap-eroonie…. which does seem like a vague dream from the distant past now; but actually upon which progress has happily been made. *gasp* *self back-pat*. My new dress is from an old Vogue…
