Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake has died aged 84.
The Kyodo news agency reported Miyake died of liver cancer last Friday.
Miyake shot to fame with his designs incorporating cutting-edge silhouettes and pleated fabrics in a career spanning more than half a century.
He was best known for producing the signature black turtleneck of his friend and the Apple founder Steve Jobs
He graduated from the Tama University, Tokyo in 1963 with a degree in graphic design.
He worked for different fashion houses in Paris and New York
