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ISSEY MIYAKE
Founded by Issey Miyake (died 2022); collection design by Satoshi Kondo
ISSEY MIYAKE is a ready-to-wear label based in Tokyo, started in 1970. Behind the label: Founded by Issey Miyake (died 2022); collection design by Satoshi Kondo. It is known for clothes developed from the idea of “a piece of cloth”, and garment pleating. Latest milestone on record (2 October 2026): Shows SS27 womenswear on the official Paris calendar.
Quick facts
ISSEY MIYAKE at a glance
- Behind the label
- Founded by Issey Miyake (died 2022); collection design by Satoshi Kondo
- Based
- Tokyo, Japan
- Since
- 1970
- Focus
- Ready-to-wear
- Makes
- Womenswear, IM MEN menswear and lines including Pleats Please
- Official site
- isseymiyake.com ↗
- @isseymiyakeofficial ↗
The person and the label
Who is behind ISSEY MIYAKE?
Issey Miyake set up the Miyake Design Studio in 1970 and presented his first collection in New York in 1971; the house still builds its clothes from his idea of “a piece of cloth”, starting with its own materials. The Kyoto Costume Institute holds the moulded plastic bodice that closed his Autumn/Winter 1980 Paris show. Pleats, first shown in 1988, became the standalone Pleats Please brand from Spring/Summer 1994. Miyake died in Tokyo on 5 August 2022, aged 84. Satoshi Kondo, formerly lead designer of Pleats Please, has designed the main collection since Spring/Summer 2020, and the Fédération lists the IM MEN menswear line as designed by a team. Both showed on every official Paris calendar we checked, FW24 to SS27.
Timeline
ISSEY MIYAKE, dated
- 1970Issey Miyake establishes the Miyake Design Studio. Source ↗
- 1971Presents his first collection, in New York. Source ↗
- 1994Pleats Please Issey Miyake starts as a brand of its own with the Spring/Summer 1994 season. Source ↗
- September 2019Satoshi Kondo is named womenswear designer; his first show, for SS20, is set for 27 September in Paris. Source ↗
- 5 August 2022Issey Miyake dies in Tokyo, aged 84. Source ↗
- 2 October 2026Shows SS27 womenswear on the official Paris calendar. Source ↗
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Quick answers
ISSEY MIYAKE, answered
Who is behind ISSEY MIYAKE?
- Founded by Issey Miyake (died 2022); collection design by Satoshi Kondo. ISSEY MIYAKE is a ready-to-wear label based in Tokyo.
When was ISSEY MIYAKE founded?
- 1970, according to the sources listed on this page.
What does ISSEY MIYAKE make?
- Womenswear, IM MEN menswear and lines including Pleats Please. It is known for clothes developed from the idea of “a piece of cloth”, and garment pleating.