This study focused on Issey Miyake’s 14 womenswear collections from spring 2018 to fall 2024. Reviews and reports on these collections and the designer were collected from the American Vogue and the Women’s Wear Daily websites using the keyword “Issey Miyake.” Drawing upon the dress criticism model, this study analyzed the form of Miyake’s fashion designs identifying styles, descriptive features, and aesthetic values through the collection photographs. Implicit evaluations were derived through external interpretations and sociocultural analysis based on reviews and reports of Miyake’s collections and designs. The results were as follows: Miyake’s fashion design is avant-garde in style. Descriptively, Miyake introduced variations in silhouette through the three-dimensionality of pleats, exploring a new sculptural order. The aesthetic values of Miyake’s works extend beyond the fashion show realm, embodying natural beauty wearable in daily life, artistic beauty through the three-dimensionality of pleats, and a pursuit of new aesthetic values challenging existing systems and traditional norms. Externally interpreted, Issey Miyake is recognized for his diverse, practical, and innovative designs, and as the first Japanese designer to present shows in Paris. Sociocultural interpretations characterize of Issey Miyake’s works as a blend of tradition and modernity, an expansion of form through pleats and three-dimensional sculptural qualities, the result of ongoing research and development, possessing timeless qualities transcending eras, and a pursuit of practicality and artistic excellence.

Abstract
I.􀀃 Introduction
Ⅱ.􀀃 Literature􀀃 Review
    1.􀀎 Issey􀀎 Miyake
    2.􀀎 Previous􀀎 research􀀎 on􀀎 Issey􀀎 Miyake
    3.􀀎 Dress􀀎 criticism􀀎 model
    4.􀀎 Avant-garde􀀎 fashion
Ⅲ.􀀃 Research􀀃 Method
Ⅳ.􀀃 Dress􀀃 Criticism􀀃 of􀀃 Issey􀀃 Miyake􀀃Collection
    1.􀀎 Style􀀎 identification
    2.􀀎 Descriptive􀀎 features
    3.􀀎 Aesthetic􀀎 values
    4.􀀎 External􀀎 interpretations
    5.􀀎 Socio-cultural􀀎 analysis
Ⅴ.􀀃 Conclusion
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• Jeong Kyung Shin(Ph. D. Candidate, Dept. of Human Ecology & Interdisciplinary Program in Sustainable Living System, Fashion Design, Korea University, Seoul, Korea) | 신정경 (고려대학교 생활과학과 패션디자인/지속가능생활시스템융합전공 박사수료)
• Yhe Young Lee(Professor, Dept. of Home Economics Education, Korea University, Seoul, Korea) | 이예영 (고려대학교 가정교육과 교수) Corresponding author