Starting from December 2, 2010, a bottle of the green flower version, which is not for sale in Japan, will be offered for free to every customer who makes a 10,000 yen or more purchase (tax inclusive) at any of the following shops. Please note that the availability is limited and the campaign will be over once the stock runs out.
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"Stores holding the campaign"
ISSEY MIYAKE / AOYAMA
PLEATS PLEASE ISSEY MIYAKE / AOYAMA
PLEATS PLEASE ISSEY MIYAKE / ROPPONGI
HaaT / AOYAMA
me ISSEY MIYAKE / AOYAMA
132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE
ISSEY MIYAKE / KOBE
ELTTOB TEP ISSEY MIYAKE

2010.11.11 (thu) - 12.25 (sat)

Interactive art, cafe, and music party will be held as WINTER GIFT from ELTTOB TEP ISSEY MIYAKE.

INTERACTIVE ART
2010.11.11 (thu) - 12.25 (sat)

It is an interactive art that you experience fantastic movie. It starts by blowing off the fire on a candle...

original visual design by Kan Yamamoto
interactive design by artless Inc.
cake artwork by Naro Tamiya

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CAFÉ
2010.11.11 (thu) - 11.23 (tue)
【ViVa.cafe】

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LIVE MUSIC by Re-Trick
2010.11.13 (sat) 15:00 / 17:00 / 19:00

Re-Trick is a Jazz band that play mainly in Tokyo.
Please enjoy their performance!

We just started NARO'S WONDERLAND!

** NARO’S WONDERLAND **

Naro Tamiya’s creative works expressed with felt materials and patchwork are unique because of their colorfulness. A special exhibition of his works, NARO’S WONDERLAND, will be held at ELTTOB TEP ISSEY MIYAKE.
This exhibition tells the story of stylish extra-terrestrial “Naronnians” who came for shopping from the Planet Naro, and showcases works from 2005 to the latest in a surprising and enjoyable way.
In addition, a workshop for parents and children to make stylish extra-terrestrials will be held on September 18 (Sat). Dress up a plain human-shaped plush toy with felts, fabrics and paints! It is an event in which parents and children can participate to make a stylish extra-terrestrial together with Mr. Tamiya.
We are also planning to provide goods that show Mr. Tamiya’s illustrations during this exhibition. Please stop by our shop, which becomes even more energetic during this period!

Naro Tamiya
1965 Born in Tokyo.
1990 Starts holding numerous solo and joint exhibits as a printmaker.
1992 Finishes the Print Art Course of the Sokei Academy of Fine Art & Design.
1999 Starts participating in the ART WORK at the Miyake Design Office.
2005 Is responsible for the installation of clothes at the ISSEY MIYAKE Paris Collection 1977-1999: Invitations by Tadanori Yokoo held by the Museum of Modern Art, Toyama.
2007 Exhibits works at the 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT exhibition THIS PLAY!
2008 Participates in the Koganecho Bazaar held by the city of Yokohama. Holds the exhibition called Naro Tamiya + me ISSEY MIYAKE.
2009 Holds the exhibition The World of Naro Tamiya – Fantastic Laughing Dolls at the Verkehr Museum (Port of Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture).
He is now responsible for the store displays at me ISSEY MIYAKE/AOYAMA, PLEATS PLEASE ISSEY MIYAKE/ROPPOINGI.

** Workshop “Stylish Extra-Terrestrials Made by Parents and Children” **
Date: September 18 (Sat), starts from 13:00 (takes about an hour)
Venue: ELTTOB TEP ISSEY MIYAKE
Target: Children between four and six years and their parents
(Note that during the workshop we use scissors, adhesive bond, permanent markers and safety pins.)
Capacity: Ten children
Cost: Free of charge
How to apply: Read the QR code below or send an e-mail to naro@imi.isseymiyake.com with the following information until September 3 (Fri) 12:00 pm (noon):
● Subject: Application for “Stylish Extra-Terrestrials”
● Text: Age and number of children participating
* Please note that the participation is limited to ten children chosen by order of application.
* You will be notified via e-mail on September 3 (Fri) whether you can participate or not.
* The stylish extra-terrestrials made during the workshop will be exhibited in the shop throughout the period of NARO’S WONDERLAND.

** HEATH **

“HEATH” is a men’s brand by Gentaro Noda that is newly added to the store line-up from the 2009 spring/summer season on.
Its brand concept is the “reconstruction of British traditional style.” The brand suggests a flexible coordination suited for dressy, sporty, military and other various styles with casual but graceful and elegant items.
For the 2009 spring/summer collection, the brand expresses its unique world under the season theme of “LIFE UNDER WATER” with products inspired from the beauty, fierceness and depth of the “ocean abyss” and “undersea.”

Designer: Gentaro Noda
Gentaro Noda was born in 1979 in Tokyo. He graduated from the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.
After returning to Japan in 2003, he launched the men’s brand “ILIAD,” and released collections under this brand name for six consecutive seasons. He started the new men’s brand “HEATH” in 2007, and released the 2008 spring/summer collection in November 2007.

* AUTUMN WINTER 2008 *

“HIDENOBU YASUI” provides a design with techniques based on tradition to express the beauty of the heart that possesses dignity while conveying sublime emotions that may vanish at any moment into the air, concealed behind textiles having full character.
The brand is creating a new world while inheriting the delicate sense, pride and aesthetic feeling of Japanese people handed down from generation to generation.

ELTTOB TEP ISSEY MIYAKE introduces “HIDENOBU YASUI” as an “incubation” brand from September 4 (Thu).

DESIGNER: Hidenobu Yasui
Hidenobu Yasui entered Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, MA Fashion Womenswear (master’s course) in 2004. After graduating in March 2006, he launched a brand under his own name in London. He came back to Japan in June 2007 to seek high-quality clothing fabrics and sewing techniques in the country, and moved his base to Tokyo. The brand participated in the SPRING SUMMER 2008 AMBIANCE Joint Exhibition for the New Creators in October 2007. In March 2008, the brand showcased its AUTUMN WINTER 2008 Collection in a catwalk format at the Sixth JFW in TOKYO.

* INDUSTRIAL DOLLS *

A popular doll, for instance the “Licca-chan” doll, has both a sweet appearance and an unnatural, mass-produced aspect. With the use of uniforms worn by company employees, such a state of contradicting values existing simultaneously is expressed in “INDUSTRIAL DOLLS,” the AUTUMN WINTER 2008 Collection by MIKIO SAKABE. The dual nature of uniforms, such as that a design originally intended to deny personal characteristics rather highlights the uniqueness of the inner self, is presented within a worldview unique to the designer.
ELTTOB TEP ISSEY MIYAKE introduces MIKIO SAKABE as an “incubation” brand from this season.

DESIGNERS: Mikio Sakabe / Shueh Jen Fang
Mikio Sakabe graduated from Hogeschool Antwerpen, Fashion Department, in 2006. Shueh Jen Fang, from Taiwan, met Mikio Sakabe while attending La Cambre art school in Brussels, and came to Japan for the joint launch of the brand “MIKIO SAKABE.” The brand officially participated in and showcased at the AUTUMN WINTER 2007 Paris Collection. In August 2007, the brand showcased at the “New Designers Met in Europe” (JFW) held at the 21_21 Design Sight inside Tokyo Midtown. It will hold a show during the AUTUMN WINTER 2008 Tokyo Fashion Week.

** Takahashi Hiroko BLACK KIMONOS **

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ELTTOB TEP’s incubation brand “writtenafterwards” will be unveiled. The brand’s concept is the “establishment of a new relationship between people and fashion through heart-to-heart communication, while continuously creating and offering products and installations with passion.”

Designers: Yoshikazu Yamagata/Kentaro Tamai
Yoshikazu Yamagata graduated from the womenswear program at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in 2005. Kentaro Tamai graduated from the menswear program of the same school in 2004. They returned to Japan after working for various designers. In April 2007, they established writtenafterwards inc., and presented their installations at the exhibition “Newcomers We Met in Europe” (Japan Fashion Week) held at Tokyo Midtown’s 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT in August 2007.

“NAOKI TAKIZAWA” is a new brand by Naoki Takizawa, who previously served as creative director for ISSEY MIYAKE until the Spring/Summer 2007 Season.
This brand targets women with urban taste who maintain an active and organic-oriented lifestyle. This brand collection has three characteristics: its “brand color, indigo”; its “functionality”; and its “high-tech fabrics, which are finely-woven and delicate.”