Issey Miyake and Dai Fujiwara's A-POC, A Piece of Cloth, from 1998: one continuous knitted or woven tube with the garments inside, cut out along lines in the cloth, edges that don't fray
A-POC was shown in the exhibition Issey Miyake Making Things at the Fondation Cartier in Paris.
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01ISSEY MIYAKE AND DAI FUJIWARA BEGAN A-POC, SHORT FOR A PIECE OF CLOTH, IN 1998.
02A MACHINE MAKES ONE CONTINUOUS TUBE OF FABRIC, WITH THE CLOTHES ALREADY INSIDE IT.
03YOU CUT THEM OUT ALONG LINES ALREADY IN THE CLOTH.
04THE CUT EDGES DON'T FRAY, SO YOU CAN CHANGE THE SHAPE AND LENGTH YOURSELF.
05THE FABRIC AND THE FINISHED GARMENT ARE MADE IN A SINGLE PROCESS. NO CUTTING AND SEWING.