Fashion has always been viewed as a glamorous industry. Yet, a designer will tell you that it is more than just rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous.

A contributor to “Aperture”, “Artforum”, “Apartamento” and “Photograph”, he co-wrote “Avedon Fashion 1944-2000”, published by Harry N. Abrams in 2009, and is the author of ...

Miyake was the first fashion designer to make work for the cover of 'Artforum.' Issey Miyake at the Vitra Design Museum in Berlin in 2001. Photo by Sauer/ullstein bild via Getty Images.