Number (N)ine designer Takahiro Miyashita apparently sent in a letter saying that the fall 2009 collection he just showed is set to have been his last. This news is definitely going to be pretty tragic to many, myself included, especially after such a magnificent collection. Miyashita’s been hailed as one of the most important Japanese designers and regarded by many as one of fashion’s great visionaries and unique talents. However, when an artist feels that they should cease their output… I can’t say that they’re making the wrong decision. I respect these decisions much more than designers who stay in the game when they’re uninspired, for the sake of money, like many choose to do.
I had no clue he was going to stop releasing collections but upon knowing, it definitely reinforces the feelings that the F/W09 collection emits. Underneath and all over the beautifully crafted designs, all of the detail and styling… the collection as a whole really had such a somber, paranoid, and utterly lonely feel to it. Like a man sort of going insane, clinging to the last bits of everything he knows – even down to his hotel’s upholstery. And in a way, I guess it makes sense now; perhaps the fact that it feels like a culmination of all things beautiful and bad, is perhaps exactly what it was meant to encompass.
I don’t know the guy personally but I can only assume the decision he’s made is the best one for him. He will be missed by all of us who are and have been fans of his beautiful work. 
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