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Issey Miyake does the unthinkable: the pleating machine goes public in a new store

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One of the greatest pleaters in history, Mariano Fortuny, understandably kept his signature process a secret. The complex silk tightness that gave the world the Delphos dress was closely guarded in his Venice factory until his death in 1950. The g

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