A foundational fashion book charting the early philosophy and global vision of one of the most singular designers of the twentieth century, Issey Miyake. Including a foreword by former Vogue editor-in-chief Diana Vreeland and texts in both English and Japanese, East Meets West brings together Miyake’s radical explorations of form, fabric and movement at a moment when Japanese fashion was beginning to reshape the Western imagination. Through striking photography, conceptual garments and process-driven imagery, the book traces a dialogue between tradition and innovation where craft, technology and the human body exist in constant conversation. Neither purely Eastern nor Western, the work captures Miyake’s belief in clothing as a universal language as functional, poetic and forward-thinking. From experimental silhouettes to textile research, East Meets West stands as a quiet but revolutionary statement on design without borders.