Issey Miyake

Pleated Mock Turtleneck Top

c. 2000

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Issey Miyake

Pleated Mock Turtleneck Top

Issey Miyake

Pleated Mock Turtleneck Top

c. 2000

Physical Qualities Polyester, 21 1/2 x 45 in. (54.6 x 114.3 cm.)

Credit Line Gift of Linda Lindroth, New Haven, Connecticut, in Memory of William Aaron Pollack

Object Number 2008.96

Issey Miyake Japanese, born 1938 Pleated Mock Turtleneck Top, c. 2000 Polyester Gift of Linda Lindroth, New Haven, Connecticut, in memory of William Aaron Pollack, BMA 2008.96 Japanese designer Issey Miyake employed this technology of pleated polyester to make an original fashion statement with his “Pleats Please” clothing line. This mock turtleneck expands and contracts to conform to the body, yet maintains its pleated diamond patterning, which is accentuated by the addition of color.

The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2008; Linda Lindroth, New Haven, Connecticut

Rena Hoisington, New Arrivals: Gifts of Art for a New Century, Baltimore Museum of Art, February 7, 2016 to May 8, 2016.

Inscribed: Hang tag: Black lettering on white ground. Issey Miyake. Printed on reverse: "CAUTION/THIS GARMENT IS NOT PERMANENTLY PLEATED. TO MAINTAIN/THIS PLEAT EFFECT, PLEASE/ FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS/BELOW./ MUST NOT BE STEAM-IRONED./ ST-166." Tag removed from object and placed in curatorial object folder.