Issey Miyake's current passion is crinkled and pleated fabrics.

All are in permanently pleated fabrics, all are in dramatic shapes that ignore the lines of the body.

This was a skirt, perhaps quilted or of pleated fabric, usually reinforced with metal splints similar to those found in the arm defences.

Along with pleated sheer fabrics, there are brocades of the type used for upholstery.

Hemlines were above the knee, and skirts often floated with lightweight pleated fabrics.

All those crushed and pleated fabrics in the spring collections owe something to Mr. Miyake's work.

The pleated black fabric dropped to the floor.

The running down Wade pieces were connected by a 3.5 cm wide alliance of double pleated fabric with the leg parts.

A few feet away are two crisp white cotton-covered sofas punctuated by black-patterned pillows made from pleated Japanese fabrics.

As the tube dropped to the ground, the orange pleated fabric fell gracefully between the vinyl poles.