Issey Miyake, Japan's prince of pleats, dies of cancer aged 84 - media

FILE PHOTO: Japanese designer Issey Miyake talks to reporters at the exhibition "U-Tsu-Wa" in Tokyo, Japan, February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese designer Issey Miyake, famed for his pleated style of clothing that never wrinkles and who produced the signature black turtleneck of friend and Apple Inc founder Steve Jobs, has died, media said on Tuesday. He was 84.

Miyake, whose name became a byword for Japan's economic and fashion prowess in the 1980s, died on Aug. 5 of liver cancer, Kyodo news agency said. No further details were immediately available.