without penn-san’s guidance, I probably could not have continued to find new themes with which to challenge myself, nor could I have arrived at new solutions.

outlining the creative relationship between the two artists, a 9 minute 58 second animation was directed by pascal roulin.Inscribed by Issey Miyake in black marker pen on the half title to the celebrated graphic designer Milton Glaser, creator of the "I heart NY" logo. Published to coincide with Miyake's A ÛN show at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, October 5 to December 31, 1988. A comprehensive set of images from their work together is reproduced in the photobook Irving Penn Regards the Work of Issey Miyake, published in 1999 and edited by Mark Holborn.

In 1986 Penn started to shoot Miyake’s seasonal collections in New York, resulting in advertising campaigns, exhibitions, and publications. After graduation, he enrolled in the Chambre syndicale de la couture parisienne school in Paris and was apprenticed to Guy Laroche as assistant designer.Given absolute artistic license to interpret and photograph Miyake's designs in surprising ways, Penn achieved this with inventive and unexpected photographs, still framed against his signature pure white backdrops. As part of the Met's Open Access policy, you can freely copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes. In Paris, he visited several museums and he mentioned that he was influenced by sculptors such as Constantin Brancusi and Alberto Giacometti. To keep an unbiased view, Penn never attended an Issey Miyake fashion show, while Miyake was never present at the photo sittings by Penn.