Remember the black turtleneck Steve Jobs was always spotted in? It was made by this designer

"He looked very ashamed and told me that after the war, no one had any clothes, and companies like Sony had to give their workers something to wear each day," Jobs said.

Issey Miyake had worked with Sony to create a jacket that could be converted into a vest with the help of removable sleeves. The uniforms became part of Sony's "signature style" and "it became a way of bonding workers to the company, Isaacson wrote.

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"I decided that I wanted that type of bonding for Apple," Jobs stated in his biography. "So I called Issey and asked him to design a vest for Apple. I came back with some samples and told everyone it would be great if we would all wear these vests. Oh man, did I get booed off the stage. Everybody hated the idea."

Although the idea of a uniform for Apple did not work, the incident blossomed a friendship between Jobs and Miyake. The Japanese fashion designer eventually ended up designing a "uniform" for the Apple CEO which included Miyake's black turtlenecks and Levi's classic fit jeans.

"So I asked Issey to make me some of his black turtlenecks that I liked, and he made me like a hundred of them," Jobs stated in his biography, adding that it was enough to last him for the rest of his life.

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