It helps to declare a concentration when writing about Joni Mitchell.

And a good shirt.

They were simple clothes, but they were of a good quality… A house, Mitchell concluded, is important to me…

Retracing Joni Mitchells Style Evolution From Lady of the Canyon to Issey Miyake Connoisseur

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I have good feelings here that go beyond the surface of things.

Issey is an artist.

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After graduating in the early 60s Mitchell flirted with the idea of becoming a designer—she had been making her own…