An off-duty policeman looses a file containing 400 names from an ongoing criminal investigation after some heavy drinking, while a warehouse fire rages on unabated in Ibaraki. With the end of summer in sight and the Ibaraki fire still blazing, we look at fashion designer Issey Miyake (1938-2022) who despite his image of glamour took inspiration from the subtly and precision of women like Japanese activist Fusae Ichikawa and Austrian born, British artist Lucie Rie.

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